German C1 — Advanced Vocabulary
Formal, academic and specialized words — the hard-to-find advanced vocabulary. · 2,114 words.
2,114 C1 words
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| die Leistungsfähigkeit | efficiency / productivity / capability |
| die Leiterplatte | a circuit board |
| das Leitmotiv | leitmotif/leading motif |
| das Leitwerk | tail / empennage control surfaces at back of plane |
| der Lendenschurz | a loincloth |
| der Lernzuwachs | learning gain/progress |
| die Leserschaft | readership / audience |
| die Lethargie | lethargy / apathy |
| das Leuchtfeuer | beacon / flare / navigation light |
| die Leuchtkraft | luminosity |
| die Leukämie | leukemia |
| der Leumund | reputation / name |
| leutselig | affable / genial |
| der Limbus | limbo |
| das Lippenbekenntnis | lip service (e.g., paying lip service to xyz) |
| die Litotes | litotes |
| lobpreisen | to eulogize / praise / glorify |
| lodernd | flaming / blazing |
| der Logopädin | speech pathologist |
| die Lohe | raging flames |
| der Lohnsteuer | income tax |
| die Longitudinalstudie | longitudinal study |
| die Luftröhre | windpipe / trachea |
| die Luftverkehrswirtschaft | aviation industry |
| die Lumineszenz | luminescence/light emission |
| die Lünette | a bezel |
| das Lustspiel | comedy |
| die Lymphozyten | lymphocytes/white blood cells |
| mäandern | to meander |
| der Maat | a mate (e.g., on a ship) |
| die Machenschaften | machinations / wheeling and dealing / scheming |
| der Machthaber | a ruler / dictator |
| die Magd | a wench / maid |
| das Mahnmal | memorial |
| makaber | macabre |
| der Makel | a blemish / taint / defect |
| makellos | flawless / spotless / immaculate |
| malerisch | picturesque / quaint |
| die Malignität | malignancy |
| maliziös | malicious |
| malträtieren | to maltreat |
| die Manie | mania |
| die Manifestation | manifestation |
| das Mansardendach | mansard roof |
| das Mapping | mapping |
| die Marginalisierung | marginalization |
| markerschütternd | blood-curdling |
| die Marktkapitalisierung | market capitalization |
| die Marotte | a quirk |
| martern | to martyr / torture / torment |
| das Martyrium | martyrdom |
| die Maserung | wood-grain / texture |
| der Maskenbildner | a makeup artist |
| das Massaker | massacre |
| die Massenerschießung | a mass shooting |
| der Massenmord | mass murder |
| maßgebend | authoritative |
| die Maßregelung | a reprimand / discipline |
| die Mattigkeit | languor / weariness = the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia |
| der Mauerpfeiler | pilaster |
| das Mauerwerk | masonry / stonework |
| das Maurerwerk | brickwork |
| die Medienethik | media ethics |
| die Medienlandschaft | media landscape |
| der Meerbusen | a gulf / bay |
| die Mehlschwitze | roux |
| der Meineid | perjury = the offense of willfully telling an untruth in a court after having taken an oath or affirmation. |
| die Meinungsäußerung | opinion / expression of opinion |
| die Melancholie | melancholy / sadness |
| die Melange | melange = a mixture / medley |
| die Membran | a membrane |
| die Menschenrechtsverletzung | human rights violation |
| der Merismus | merism |
| das Messbuch | a missal = A missal is a liturgical book containing instructions and texts necessary for the celebration of Mass throughout the liturgical year |
| das Messinstrument | measurement instrument |
| die Metaanalyse | meta-analysis |
| der Metabolismus | metabolism |
| die Metadaten | metadata |
| das Metadatum | metadata |
| die Metakognition | metacognition |
| die Metapher | metaphor |
| die Metaphysik | metaphysics / nature of reality |
| die Metastase | metastasis |
| das Meter | meter/metre |
| die Methodik | methodology |
| die Methodologie | methodology |
| das Metier | a metier / profession / job metier = a trade, profession, or occupation |
| die Metonymie | metonymy |
| meucheln | to assassinate (wenig benutzt) |
| die Meuterei | mutiny |
| die Middleware | middleware |
| das Mieder | a bodice |
| der Milan | a kite (bird) |
| die Miliz | militia |
| die Milz | spleen |
| der Milzbrand | anthrax |
| die Mimesis | mimesis / imitation |
| missachten | to disregard / ignore |
| die Missachtung | disregard / disrespect / contempt |
| die Missbildung | malformation / deformity |
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