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 |
|---|---|
| missbilligend | disapproving / deprecating |
| missdeuten | to misinterpret / misconstrue |
| die Missgunst | envy / jealousy / resentment |
| missliebig | unpopular |
| missmutig | ill-tempered / scowling / morose |
| die Mitgift | a dowry / portion |
| mitschwingen | to resonate |
| der Mittelhandknochen | metacarpal |
| der Moder | mildew / decay / rot |
| modrig | musty (wenig benutzt) |
| die Modulation | modulation / key change |
| der Modus | mode / way |
| die Mohrenhirse | sorghum = a substitute for wheat, rye and barley for those who can't tolerate gluten |
| der Moorschutz | peatland protection |
| die Morbidität | morbidity |
| die Morphologie | morphology |
| die Mörsergranate | a mortar shell |
| die Mortalität | mortality |
| die Mörtelfuge | mortar joint |
| der Moschus | a musk deer |
| mühselig | toilsome / arduous |
| der Multikulturalismus | multiculturalism |
| Mumpitz | balderdash / humbug |
| das Mündel | a ward a person, usually a minor, under the care and control of a guardian appointed by their parents or a court. |
| der Mundschenk | a cupbearer |
| der Müßiggänger | an idler |
| mustergültig | exemplary / model (wenig benutzt) |
| mutierend | mutant |
| die Myrte | myrtle |
| die Mystik | mysticism |
| die Nachhut | a rearguard |
| die Nachwelt | posterity |
| das Narrativ | narrative |
| die Narthex | narthex/vestibule |
| der Nashornvogel | a hornbill |
| das Natrium | Sodium |
| der Nebelparder | a clouded leopard |
| der Neologismus | neologism |
| die Neoplasie | neoplasm |
| die Netzhaut | retina |
| die Neurose | neurosis |
| neurotisch | neurotic |
| die Nichtbeachtung | failure to comply / non-observance |
| nichtig | null / void |
| Nichtsdestotrotz | nevertheless / notwithstanding |
| die Niedergeschlagenheit | dejection / depression / despondency |
| niedermetzeln | to massacre / butcher / hack down (wenig benutzt) |
| die Niederschlagung | a knockdown |
| die Niedertracht | despicableness / vileness / infamy |
| nivellieren | to level off |
| die Normalisierung | normalization |
| die Normalnull | sea level (technical) |
| die Normalverteilung | normal distribution |
| die Normativität | normativity |
| die Nosologie | nosology |
| die Notwehr | self-defense |
| die Notwendigkeit | necessity / must be true |
| die Nüster | nostril (of a horse / animal) |
| der Nuttendiesel | very bad smelling perfume / champagne |
| die Nutzlast | payload |
| Oachkatzlschwoaf | a random word that Bavarians and Austrians use as a language test |
| der Oberste Gerichtshof | supreme court |
| die Objektivität | objectivity |
| obsolet | obsolete |
| obszön | obscene |
| der Ocker | ocher = an earthy pigment that is yellow to brown to red |
| das Okular | an eyepiece |
| die Onomatopoesie | onomatopoeia |
| die Ontologie | ontology / study of being |
| die Operationalisierung | operationalization |
| ordinieren | to ordain |
| ordnungsgemäß | according to the rules / duly |
| die Ordnungswidrigkeit | administrative offense / regulatory violation |
| die Osmose | osmosis |
| das Östrogen | estrogen |
| der Overhead | overhead |
| das Oxymoron | oxymoron |
| der Ozonabbau | ozone depletion |
| der p-Wert | p-value |
| die Paarberatung | couples counseling |
| der Pädiater | pediatrician |
| das Pankreas | pancreas |
| die Parabel | a parable / parabola |
| das Paradigma | paradigm |
| die Paradoxie | paradox / seemingly contradictory statement |
| das Paradoxon | paradox |
| die Parallelisierung | parallelization |
| parieren | to parry / fence / deflect |
| parteiisch | partisan / biased / one-sided |
| die Partitur | a musical score |
| die Partizipation | participation |
| der Paternalismus | paternalism |
| die Pathogenese | pathogenesis |
| die Pathologie | pathology |
| pathologisieren | to pathologize |
| pausbäckig | chubby-cheeked |
| der Payload | payload |
| pechschwarz | pitch black |
| das Peer-Review | peer review |
| der Pegel | a level recorder / water depth gauge |
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