German C1 Society & Abstract Vocabulary List
This is the complete German Society & Abstract vocabulary at C1 level — 775 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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All C1 wordsFeelings & Character 473Work & Education 414Body & Health 393Communication & Media 376Nature & Weather 342Everyday Actions 261Travel & Transport 257City & Places 253Home & Household 231Food & Drink 222
775 C1 · Society & Abstract words
| German word | English meaning | Heard in |
|---|---|---|
| abdanken | to abdicate = renounce one's throne, fail to fulfill or undertake (a responsibility or duty) | — |
| die Abduktion | abduction / inference to best explanation | — |
| das Abendland | western world / occident | — |
| abgrundtief | abysmal / fathomless | — |
| die Ablagerung | a deposit / deposition (geology) | — |
| das Ableben | a demise / passing | — |
| die Abriegelung | a lockdown | — |
| die Absetzung | a (court) deposition | — |
| der Absolutismus | absolutism / unrestrained power | — |
| die Absonderung | separation / isolation / segregation | — |
| die Abstraktion | abstraction / abstract art | — |
| die Absurdität | absurdity / logical contradiction | — |
| die Abtei | an abbey = group of buildings housing a monastery or convent, centred on an abbey church or cathedral, and under the direction of an abbot or abbess | — |
| ahnden | to avenge / punish | — |
| die Akkulturation | acculturation | — |
| der Aktionismus | activism | — |
| allenthalben | everywhere (wenig benutzt) | — |
| die Allerheiligstes | Holy of Holies | — |
| der Ältestenrat | a council of elders | — |
| ambivalent | ambivalence | — |
| die Amme | nurse / wet nurse / foster-mother | — |
| die Amtsbefugnis | official authority / power of office | — |
| anachronistisch | anachronistic | — |
| der Analphabetismus | illiteracy | — |
| die Anarchie | anarchy | — |
| der Anarchismus | anarchism | — |
| das Ancien Régime | Ancien Régime / pre-revolutionary order | — |
| die Andacht | a prayer / silent worship (wenig benutzt) | — |
| anderweitig | otherwise (wenig benutzt) | — |
| die Aneignung | appropriation / acquirement | — |
| anfechten | to appeal against / contest / challenge | — |
| die Angleichung | alignment | — |
| die Animosität | animosity | — |
| annektieren | to annex | — |
| die Annexion | annexation | — |
| die Anomalie | anomaly | — |
| die Anonymität | anonymity | — |
| die Anpassung | adaptation | — |
| die Anpassungskapazität | adaptive capacity | — |
| das Anrecht | a right / entitlement | — |
| die Anschauung | a view / opinion / idea / notion (wenig benutzt) | — |
| der Antagonismus | antagonism | — |
| antagonistisch | antagonistic | — |
| die Antinomie | antinomy / contradiction between principles | — |
| der Antisemitismus | antisemitism | — |
| apodiktisch | dogmatic | — |
| die Apokalypse | apocalypse | — |
| apokalyptisch | apocalyptic | — |
| die Apotheose | apotheosis / deification | — |
| das Apriori | a priori knowledge / prior to experience | — |
| die Äquivalenz | equivalence | — |
| der Archetyp | archetype | — |
| arglistig | devious | — |
| arisch | aryan | — |
| das Artefakt | artifact | — |
| der Askari | a local soldier of European colonial armies, usually in Africa | — |
| der Asket | an ascetic characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons. | — |
| die Assimilation | assimilation | — |
| das Attest | certificate | — |
| auf Gedeih und Verderb | for better or for worse (poetic, wenig benutzt) | — |
| der Aufmarsch | deployment / marching past | — |
| die Aufwertung | upgrade | — |
| augenscheinlich | apparent / evident / obvious (wenig benutzt) | — |
| der Ausbund | paragon / epitome | — |
| der Auserwählte | the chosen one | — |
| das Aushungern | starvation | — |
| ausmerzen | to weed out / eradicate | — |
| die Ausprägung | manifestation / expression | — |
| ausrotten | to eradicate / stamp out / exterminate | — |
| die Ausrottung | eradication | — |
| die Äußerlichkeit | an externality | — |
| die Aussteuer | trousseau / dowry = the clothes, household linen, and other belongings collected by a bride for her marriage. | — |
| autark | self-sufficiency | — |
| die Authentizität | authenticity | — |
| die Aversion | aversion | — |
| die Axiologie | axiology / theory of values | — |
| die Bagatelle | a trifle / unimportant issue | — |
| die Banalität | banality | — |
| der Bann | a spell / jinx / ban / excommunication | — |
| die Barbarei | barbarity / barbarism | — |
| die Barmherzigkeit | compassion / mercy | — |
| die Barrierefreiheit | accessibility | — |
| der Bauerntölpel | a country bumpkin | — |
| der Baum der Erkenntnis | the Tree of Knowledge | — |
| bedeutsam | significant/important | — |
| bedürftig | needful | — |
| befähigen | to enable | — |
| die Befreiung | liberation | — |
| befremdend | unusual | — |
| befremdlich | strange | — |
| befristet | temporary | — |
| die Befugnis | power / authority / authorization | — |
| die Begebenheit | occurrence / event / incident | — |
| die Begehung | perpetration | — |
| die Begnadigung | a pardon / reprieve | — |
| die Begräbnisstätte | a burial site | — |
| begriffsstutzig | Dense | — |
| behaftet | fraught / afflicted | — |
| beharrlich | persistent | — |
| beherrschen | to control | — |
Society & Abstract broken down by situation
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Law & Justice162Religion & Belief106Politics & Government83Crime & Police77War & Peace59Philosophy & Ideas53Art & Artists50History & the Past47Theatre & Performance37Linking Words & Connectors36Society & Social Classes34Thinking & Knowledge34Equality & Discrimination32Quantity & Amount29Change & Development26Immigration & Integration22Truth & Lies22Military & Defence21Measurements & Units20Colours20Memory & Forgetting20Sustainability & the Environment20Community & Volunteering19Shapes & Forms19Comparison & Difference19Problems & Solutions19Systems & Structures19Conflict & Cooperation19Elections & Voting18Rules & Regulations18Decisions & Choices18Possibility & Probability18Technology & Innovation17Maths & Numbers17Necessity & Obligation17Economy & Economics16Science & Research16Permission & Prohibition16Power & Influence16Cause & Effect15Organisation & Planning15Importance & Priority15Rights & Freedom14Growth & Decline14Risk & Safety14Ethics & Morality13Data & Statistics13Common Adjectives13Culture & Traditions12Size & Dimensions12Energy & Resources12
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