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 |
|---|---|
| der Antisemitismus | antisemitism |
| die Antithese | antithesis |
| das Antlitz | face / visage / countenance |
| anzetteln | to instigate / stir up |
| anzüglich | suggestive / lewd |
| apathisch | apathetic |
| der Aphorismus | aphorism |
| die Apokalypse | apocalypse |
| apokalyptisch | apocalyptic |
| die Apoptose | apoptosis/programmed cell death |
| die Apotheose | apotheosis / deification |
| das Apriori | a priori knowledge / prior to experience |
| die Aquarelle | watercolors |
| die Arbeitsmigration | labor migration |
| arbeitsteilig | division of labor |
| die Arbitrage | arbitrage |
| der Archaismus | archaism |
| der Archipel | archipelago |
| der Argwohn | suspicion / wariness |
| argwöhnisch | suspicious / wary |
| arisch | aryan |
| die Armbrust | a crossbow |
| arretieren | to lock (wenig benutzt) |
| arriviert | arrived |
| das Artefakt | artifact |
| das Artensterben | species extinction |
| die Artenvielfalt | biodiversity |
| aschfahl | ashen / ashy |
| der Askari | a local soldier of European colonial armies, usually in Africa |
| die Askese | asceticism |
| der Asket | an ascetic characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons. |
| die Assimilation | assimilation |
| die Assonanz | assonance |
| das Ästuar | estuary =the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the sea |
| die Ätiogenese | disease origin/causative development |
| die Ätiologie | etiology/cause of disease |
| die Atonalität | atonality |
| die Attrappe | a dummy |
| ätzen | to etch / corrode / cauterize |
| auf Gedeih und Verderb | for better or for worse (poetic, wenig benutzt) |
| die Aufarbeitung | processing / preparation |
| die Aufladung | (super) charging |
| der Aufmacher | a lead story / opener |
| der Aufmarsch | deployment / marching past |
| aufopferungsvoll | self-sacrificing |
| aufrauen | to roughen (up) |
| die Aufrechnung | setoff/counterclaim |
| aufschichten | to pile up / build up |
| aufwallen | to surge up / bubble up |
| augenscheinlich | apparent / evident / obvious (wenig benutzt) |
| die Ausbuchtung | a bulge / lobe |
| der Ausbund | paragon / epitome |
| die Ausdünstung | evaporation / smell / vapor / scent |
| der Auserwählte | the chosen one |
| ausfeilen | to file down / file out / polish |
| ausfransen | to fray / ravel / frazzle |
| ausgedörrt | parched / dried up |
| ausgemergelt | emaciated / gaunt / cadaverous |
| das Aushungern | starvation |
| auskosten | to savor / enjoy to the fullest |
| ausloben | to offer as a prize / reward |
| auslöschen | to obliterate / snuff out / erase |
| ausloten | to plumb the depths of / fathom |
| ausmerzen | to weed out / eradicate |
| die Ausprägung | manifestation / expression |
| ausrotten | to eradicate / stamp out / exterminate |
| die Ausrottung | eradication |
| der Aussätzige | a leper |
| ausschweifend | debauched / extravagant = indulging in or characterized by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; dissolute |
| außerehelich | extramarital |
| die Äußerlichkeit | an externality |
| aussondern | to weed out / separate out |
| die Aussteifung | bracing/stiffening |
| die Aussteuer | trousseau / dowry = the clothes, household linen, and other belongings collected by a bride for her marriage. |
| die Ausstrahlung | charisma / radiation / emission (wenig benutzt) |
| austarieren | to tare / balance out |
| die Authentifizierung | authentication |
| die Authentizität | authenticity |
| die Autorisierung | authorization |
| die Axiologie | axiology / theory of values |
| das Axiom | axiom |
| der Backenbart | sideburns / whiskers |
| das Backpfeifengesicht | a face that needs a slap |
| die Bagatelle | a trifle / unimportant issue |
| der Baldachin | canopy / baldachin = canopy typically placed over an altar or throne |
| baldig | early / speedy / quick |
| die Balkenlage | beam layer |
| der Bann | a spell / jinx / ban / excommunication |
| die Barbarei | barbarity / barbarism |
| barhäuptig | bare-headed |
| die Barmherzigkeit | compassion / mercy |
| die Barrierefreiheit | accessibility |
| der Basiszins | base rate/prime rate |
| der Bauerntölpel | a country bumpkin |
| der Baum der Erkenntnis | the Tree of Knowledge |
| bedächtig | deliberate / reflective (wenig benutzt) |
| bedeutsam | significant/important |
| das Bedrängnis | distress / torment |
| die Befähigung | empowerment |
| die Befangenheit | bias / conflict of interest |
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