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 |
|---|---|
| speien | to spit / spew / spout |
| der Speiseaufzug | a dumbwaiter |
| die Speiseröhre | esophagus / gullet |
| speiübel | nauseous |
| die Spekulation | speculation |
| der Spelz | spelt |
| die Spelze | a glume / husk / hull |
| der Sperling | a sparrow (wenig benutzt) |
| der Spießer | a philistine / bourgeois philistine = hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts. |
| die Spinnentiere | arachnids |
| die Spiritualität | spirituality |
| spitzeln | to spy / act as an informant |
| der Spitzenbesatz | lace trim |
| der Spleen | a whimsy / eccentricity / quirk |
| die Spottdrossel | a mockingbird |
| der Sprachgebrauch | language usage / parlance |
| die Sprengfalle | a booby trap |
| der Sprengkörper | an explosive device |
| das Spritzloch | a spray hole (e.g., on a dolfin) |
| der Spund | a bung / plug / spigot bung = a stopper for closing a hole in a container. |
| das Spurenelement | trace element |
| der Staatsstreich | coup d'état |
| der Stack | stack / layer |
| die Stagnation | stagnation |
| der Stahlbetonbau | reinforced concrete construction |
| staksen | to teeter / hobble |
| die Standardabweichung | standard deviation |
| die Ständegesellschaft | estate system / class hierarchy |
| die Standsicherheit | structural stability |
| das Stärkekörnchen | starch granule |
| statthaft | permissible / allowed (wenig benutzt) |
| der Staubbeutel | an anther (end of the stamen) |
| das Staubblatt | a stamen (anther + filament) |
| die Steckbriefe | a profile / "wanted" poster |
| der Steinschlag | rockfall |
| das Stelldichein | a tryst / rendezvous a private romantic rendezvous between lovers. |
| das Stellwerk | signal box |
| die Sterbehilfe | euthanasia (wenig benutzt) |
| die Sterblichkeit | mortality rate / death rate |
| die Stetigkeit | steadiness / continuity / constancy |
| die Steuerfreiheit | tax exemption |
| die Steueroptimierung | tax optimization |
| die Stichflammen | jets of flame |
| stichhaltig | valid / cogent / solid so gut begründet, dass es allen gegnerischen Argumenten standhält |
| stieren | to stare / gape / eye (wenig benutzt) |
| das Stigma | stigma |
| die Stigmatisierung | stigmatization |
| der Stoffkreislauf | material cycle/biogeochemical cycle |
| das Stoßgebet | a quick prayer |
| das Strafgesetzbuch | a criminal code |
| straflos | unpunished |
| das Strafmaß | quantum of punishment / sentence |
| die Strafzumessung | sentencing/penalty determination |
| stramm | tight / strapping / taut (wenig benutzt) |
| der Strebebögen | a buttress |
| der Streitwagen | a chariot |
| strenggläubig | strictly religious / strict |
| die Streumunition | cluster munitions |
| die Striemen | welts / stretch marks |
| der Strolch | a rascal / rogue (wenig benutzt) |
| struppig | scrubby / shaggy |
| die Stückprüfung | routine test |
| die Stützpfeiler | a support pillar / buttress |
| die Subalternität | subalternity |
| subsidiär | subsidiary / supplementary |
| die Subsidiarität | subsidiarity |
| subtil | subtle |
| die Subtilität | a subtlety |
| die Subvention | subsidy / price support |
| subventionieren | to subsidize |
| der Such- und Rettungsvorfall | search and rescue incident |
| suggerieren | to suggest / connote |
| sühnen | to atone for |
| der Sündenfall | fall of man |
| der Syllogismus | syllogism / deductive argument form |
| die Symptomatologie | symptomatology |
| der Symptomkomplex | symptom complex / syndrome |
| die Synekdoche | synecdoche |
| die Syntax | syntax |
| synthetisieren | to synthesize |
| tagaktiv | diurnal = active during the day |
| der Tagelöhner | a day laborer |
| der Talg | tallow |
| die Talsohle | a valley floor |
| die Talsperre | a dam (wenig benutzt) |
| die Taschenspielerei | sleight of hand |
| tatenlos | passively / idle |
| tatterig | doddery / quivery / shaky doddery = move in a feeble or unsteady way, especially because of old age |
| der Taugenichts | a good-for-nothing (wenig benutzt) |
| die Tautologie | tautology / always true statement |
| taxieren | to appraise / estimate / value |
| teilbar | divisible |
| der Teilchenbeschleuniger | a particle accelerator |
| das Teleobjektiv | a telephoto lens |
| die Teleologie | teleology / goal-directed development |
| die Tempelritter | the Knights Templar |
| tendenziell | tending / tendencial |
| die Theodizee | theodicy |
| thronen | to sit enthroned / sit in state |
| der Tiefdruck | low pressure |
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