German C1 Family & People Vocabulary List
This is the complete German Family & People vocabulary at C1 level — 170 words, each with its English translation, the article (der / die / das) and an example sentence. Search it, or download the whole list free as a CSV or an Anki flashcard deck.
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170 C1 · Family & People words
| German word | English meaning | Heard in |
|---|---|---|
| die Ablehnung | rejection | — |
| die Abstammung | a lineage / ancestry | — |
| der Abtrünnige | renegade / apostate | — |
| das Adelsgeschlecht | noble family | — |
| adoptieren | adopt | — |
| die Aggressivität | aggressiveness | — |
| die Ahnenreihe | ancestry | — |
| das Alleinsein | solitude | — |
| das Altertum | ancient times | — |
| der Anstifter | an instigator / ringleader | — |
| asozial | antisocial | — |
| aufgeschlossen | open-minded | — |
| ausrechnen | to calculate | — |
| außerehelich | extramarital | — |
| beaufsichtigen | to supervise | — |
| behelligen | to bother | — |
| behindert | disabled | — |
| beisetzen | to entomb / inter | — |
| beistehen | to support | — |
| belästigen | to harass | — |
| bemuttern | to pamper | — |
| die Bestattung | a funeral (wenig benutzt) | — |
| betören | to charm | — |
| bigott | bigoted | — |
| der Bonze | a bigwig / big shot / fat cat | — |
| bräutlich | nuptial | — |
| brüderlich | brotherly | — |
| bürgerlich | bourgeois | — |
| charakterlich | characteristically | — |
| der Despot | tyrant | — |
| despotisch | despotic | — |
| dienstlich | official | — |
| die Durchlaucht | a highness | — |
| durchsprechen | to discuss | — |
| die Ehegattin | wife | — |
| das Eheglück | marital happiness | — |
| ehelichen | marriage | — |
| die Eheschließung | marriage | — |
| der Ehevertrag | marriage contract | — |
| ehrbar | honorable | — |
| eigensinnig | obstinate | — |
| einbeziehen | include | — |
| die Elternschaft | parenthood | — |
| enterben | disinherit | — |
| entrüsten | to anger | — |
| entwaffnen | disarm | — |
| entzweien | to divide | — |
| die Erbfolge | inheritance | — |
| der Erblasser | deceased | — |
| der Erzeuger | producer | — |
| erziehen | to raise | — |
| erzieherisch | educational | — |
| die Erziehungsberechtigte | legal guardian | — |
| erzkonservativ | extrem conservative | — |
| familiär | familiar | — |
| die Familienehre | family honor | — |
| der Familiensinn | family awareness | — |
| die Familiensituation | family situation | — |
| die Familientradition | family tradition | — |
| das Familientreffen | family gathering | — |
| der Familienvater | family man | — |
| der Familienverband | family association | — |
| fernhalten | to keep away | — |
| freiheitsliebend | freedom-loving | — |
| der Fürsprecher | an advocate | — |
| der Gatte | husband | — |
| der Genosse | comrade / mate / companion | — |
| der Geschlechtsgenosse | male companion | — |
| die Geschlechtsidentität | gender identity | — |
| das Geschwisterkind | sibling | — |
| geschwisterlich | siblingly | — |
| gesellig | sociable | — |
| gewähren | to grant | — |
| die Gleichberechtigung | equal rights | — |
| der Greis | an old man | — |
| die Großfamilie | large family | — |
| gutherzig | good-natured | — |
| der Halunke | scoundrel / rascal | — |
| der Hass | hatred | — |
| die Hausgemeinschaft | household | — |
| der Heide | gentile / pagan | — |
| der Heiratsschwindler | marriage swindler | — |
| die Heiratsurkunde | marriage certificate | — |
| hilfsbereit | helpful | — |
| der Hüne | a giant / colossus | — |
| inkognito | incognito | — |
| isolieren | to isolate | — |
| die Jugendlichkeit | youthfulness | — |
| kinderfreundlich | family-friendly | — |
| kinderlos | childless | — |
| die Kinderlosigkeit | childlessness | — |
| kinderreich | child-rich | — |
| die Klientel | clientèle | — |
| der Knallkopf | a crackhead | — |
| konterrevolutionär | counterrevolutionary | — |
| der Kritikpunkt | criticism | — |
| der Lebensgefährte | partner | — |
| die Lebensgefährtin | partner | — |
| die Lebenspartnerschaft | civil partnership | — |
| die Lebensumstände | circumstances | — |
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