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 Peilung | a bearing (e.g., of a boat) |
| die Pensionierung | retirement (less common) |
| das Pensum | a workload / task / quota |
| die Periphrase | periphrasis/circumlocution |
| die Perpetuierung | perpetuation |
| die Persönlichkeitsstörung | personality disorder |
| pervertieren | to pervert / become perverted |
| pflichtgemäß | dutiful |
| pfropfen | to graft / cram / stopper |
| die Phänomenologie | phenomenology / study of phenomena |
| der Phänotyp | phenotype |
| die Phiole | a vial |
| die Phonetik | phonetics |
| die Phonologie | phonology |
| die Pietät | piety / reverence |
| piken | to prick |
| pirschen | to stalk |
| pittoresk | picturesque |
| das Plädoyer | plea / pleading / address to the jury |
| die Plantag | plantation |
| plattdeutsch | low German |
| die Platzierung | placement / issuance |
| das Plenum | plenary session |
| die Plumpheit | plumpness / clumsiness / crassness |
| die Pluralität | plurality |
| das Pneuma | spirit / pneuma |
| pofen | to crash / snooze / kip / sleep |
| die Polarisierung | polarization |
| die Polyphonie | polyphony |
| das Portfolio | portfolio |
| das Postulat | postulate / assumed principle |
| postulieren | to postulate |
| die Prädikation | predication / asserting properties |
| die Pragmatik | pragmatics |
| prägnant | concise (succinct) |
| prähistorisch | prehistoric |
| der Pranger | a pillory / stock |
| die Prasserei | a splurge |
| die Prävalenz | prevalence |
| der Präzedenzfall | a precedent The decision set a precedent for others to be sent to trial in the US |
| preisen | to praise / bless |
| prekär | precarious |
| das Prekariat | precariat / working poor |
| das Priestertum | priesthood |
| der Proband | experimentee / guinea pig |
| die Problemumgehung | a workaround |
| die Profanität | profanity |
| prognostizieren | to predict |
| die Proliferation | proliferation |
| die Propädeutik | introductory course/preliminary study |
| propagieren | to propagate |
| prophylaktisch | prophylactic = intended to prevent disease |
| proprietäre | proprietary |
| die Prosodie | prosody |
| das Prozessrecht | procedural law |
| der Prüfstand | a test bench / test stand |
| die Prunkewinde | morning glory |
| das Prunkstück | a showpiece |
| prunkvoll | palatial / magnificent / opulent |
| die Psyche | psyche / mind |
| publizieren | to publicize |
| Pusemuckel | a small, remote or provincial town |
| der Putzträger | plaster base |
| der Quacksalber | a quack doctor |
| die Qual | torment / agony / torture |
| qualvoll | excruciating |
| die Quantifizierung | quantification |
| die Quellenforschung | source research |
| die Quellenkritik | source criticism |
| das Quellenmaterial | source material |
| die Querrippe | short ribs |
| das Querruder | aileron |
| das Querschiff | transept |
| die Querschnittsstudie | cross-sectional study |
| der Querträger | cross beam/transom |
| der Querulant | grumbler / querelous person |
| der Querverweis | cross reference |
| die Quetschung | a bruise / contusion |
| quittieren | to acknowledge / give a receipt for (wenig benutzt) |
| rabiat | ruthless / rough / breakneck |
| die Radaufhängung | (wheel) suspension |
| die Raffinesse | sophistication / refinement |
| die Ratifizierung | ratification |
| die Rationalität | rationality |
| die Rauchfahne | smoke trail / plume |
| die Räumlichkeit | spaciality / 3-dimensionality |
| das Raumzeitkontinuum | the space-time continuum |
| raunen | to murmur / whisper |
| die Rauschreduzierung | noise reduction (for pictures) |
| die Razzia | a raid |
| die Reakkreditierung | re-accreditation |
| die Rechenschaft | accountability |
| die Rechenschaftspflicht | accountability / duty to account |
| recherchieren | to do research |
| die Rechtschaffenheit | uprightness / righteousness |
| die Rechtsfähigkeit | legal personality/legal capacity |
| die Rechtskraft | legal force / finality |
| der Rechtsstaat | constitutional state / rule of law |
| die Rechtsstaatlichkeit | rule of law / constitutionalism |
| die Rechtsverordnung | statutory order / ordinance |
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