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 Redefreiheit | freedom of speech |
| redigieren | to edit (e.g., writing) (wenig benutzt) |
| redlich | honestly (wenig benutzt) |
| der Reduktionismus | reductionism |
| die Redundanz | redundancy |
| die Regierungsfähigkeit | ability to govern |
| die Regression | regression |
| die Regungslosigkeit | stillness / motionlessness |
| die Reifung | maturation / ripening |
| die Reisehöhe | cruising altitude |
| das Reisig | twigs / sticks / brushwood |
| reißerisch | lurid / sensational lurid = unpleasantly bright in colour, especially so as to create a harsh or unnatural effect |
| die Relativierung | putting into perspective / relativization |
| die Reliabilität | reliability |
| das Relikt | a relic |
| die Remineralisierung | remineralization |
| die Renaturierung | ecological restoration |
| die Rendite | a return (on capital) / yield |
| der Renditeaufschlag | yield spread |
| renitent | unruly |
| renommiert | renowned / famed |
| die Replikation | replication |
| die Repräsentation | representation / depiction |
| die Repressalie | a reprisal |
| die Reprise | recapitulation/reprise |
| die Resilienz | resilience |
| das Ressentiment | resentment (wenig benutzt) |
| die Ressortverteilung | departmental allocation |
| die Ressourcenerschöpfung | resource depletion |
| die Retraumatisierung | retraumatization |
| reumütig | remorseful |
| die Reuse | a fish trap |
| das Revers | a lapel / reverse |
| die Revision | appeal / cassation |
| revoltieren | to revolt |
| rezensieren | to review (wenig benutzt) |
| die Rezession | recession |
| die Reziprozität | reciprocity |
| der Rhetoriker | rhetorician |
| die Ringelnatter | a grass snake |
| das Rinnsal | a trickle |
| die Risikoprämie | risk premium |
| die Rispe | a panicle = a loose branching cluster of flowers, as in oats |
| ritterlich | knightly / chivalrous |
| röcheln | to gasp / give a death rattle |
| roden | to clear / grub |
| die Röntgenstrahlung | x-rays |
| das Ross | a horse / steed / mount |
| das Rückenmark | spinal cord |
| der Rückgriff | recourse = a source of help in a difficult situation |
| die Rückkehrquote | return rate |
| die Ruhestätte | a resting place |
| die Ruhmestat | a glorious deed |
| die Rührung | emotion (not used often) |
| rumoren | to rumble / make a noise |
| die Rüsche | a ruffle / frill |
| rußig | sooty / grimy |
| das Sabbatjahr | a sabbatical year |
| die Sachbeschädigung | property damage |
| sacht | gently / soft / gingerly (wenig benutzt) |
| der Sachverhalt | facts |
| der Sachverstand | expertise |
| sachverständig | expertly |
| säkular | secular |
| die Säkularisierung | secularization / removal from church control |
| der Säkularismus | secularism |
| sanftmütig | meek / gentle |
| saturiert | saturated |
| die Säulenhalle | portico |
| die Säulenordnung | architectural order |
| die Schädeldecke | a skullcap |
| die Schädlingsbekämpfung | pest control / crop dusting |
| die Schaffung | creation / establishment |
| schalkhaft | rogueish / mischievous |
| die Schalung | formwork/shuttering |
| der Schänder | molester |
| die Schänke | a tavern / inn |
| der Scharfmacher | a rabble-rouser / agitator |
| der Scharfrichter | executioner |
| der Scharlach | scarlet fever |
| das Scharmützel | skirmish |
| schartig | notched / jagged |
| der Schauprozess | a show trial |
| der Scheffel | a bushel |
| die Scheingefecht | mock battle / fight |
| der Scheitelpunkt | a vertex |
| der Scheiterhaufen | a pyre |
| die Schelte | a scolding |
| die Schematisierung | schematization |
| der Schemel | stool / footstool |
| die Schenkung | a donation / gift (wenig benutzt) |
| scheppernd | rattling |
| die Schererei | a hassle (wenig benutzt) |
| die Schergen | minions |
| die Scheuklappen | blinders |
| das Scheusal | a monster / fright |
| schiere | sheer / pure (sheer dumb luck) |
| der Schierling | hemlock |
| das Schillern | iridecence / shimmering |
| schinden | to flay / drive hard / mistreat flay = to strip off the skin or surface of / criticize harshly |
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