German C1 — Advanced Vocabulary
202 C1 words in “Communication & Media”.
Work in progress. The C1 list is curated and still growing — new words are added regularly. Because B2 and C1 have no official fixed word list, levels here are graded automatically, so a word can occasionally sit a level either way.
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202 C1 words in “Communication & Media”
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| lapidar | succinct |
| leiern | to drone / rattle / grind |
| die Leserschaft | readership / audience |
| das Lippenbekenntnis | lip service (e.g., paying lip service to xyz) |
| die Litotes | litotes |
| lobpreisen | to eulogize / praise / glorify |
| die Medienethik | media ethics |
| die Medienlandschaft | media landscape |
| die Meinungsäußerung | opinion / expression of opinion |
| der Merismus | merism |
| die Metapher | metaphor |
| das Meter | meter/metre |
| die Metonymie | metonymy |
| missdeuten | to misinterpret / misconstrue |
| die Morphologie | morphology |
| Mumpitz | balderdash / humbug |
| der Neologismus | neologism |
| Nichtsdestotrotz | nevertheless / notwithstanding |
| der Nuttendiesel | very bad smelling perfume / champagne |
| Oachkatzlschwoaf | a random word that Bavarians and Austrians use as a language test |
| obszön | obscene |
| die Onomatopoesie | onomatopoeia |
| das Oxymoron | oxymoron |
| das Paradoxon | paradox |
| die Periphrase | periphrasis/circumlocution |
| die Phonetik | phonetics |
| die Phonologie | phonology |
| plattdeutsch | low German |
| die Pragmatik | pragmatics |
| prägnant | concise (succinct) |
| preisen | to praise / bless |
| die Profanität | profanity |
| propagieren | to propagate |
| die Prosodie | prosody |
| publizieren | to publicize |
| die Quellenkritik | source criticism |
| der Querverweis | cross reference |
| raunen | to murmur / whisper |
| die Rauschreduzierung | noise reduction (for pictures) |
| redigieren | to edit (e.g., writing) (wenig benutzt) |
| die Redundanz | redundancy |
| reißerisch | lurid / sensational lurid = unpleasantly bright in colour, especially so as to create a harsh or unnatural effect |
| die Relativierung | putting into perspective / relativization |
| rezensieren | to review (wenig benutzt) |
| der Rhetoriker | rhetorician |
| die Schelte | a scolding |
| die Schmährede | diatribe = a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something |
| schmälern | to belittle |
| die Semantik | semantics |
| die Semiologie | semiology / study of signs |
| die Sensationsberichterstattung | sensationalism |
| sensibilisieren | to sensitize |
| das Sinnbild | a symbol (wenig benutzt) |
| sinngemäß | analogous |
| skandieren | to chant |
| sonderlich | particular / special |
| sonor | sonorous / vibrant |
| spitzeln | to spy / act as an informant |
| der Sprachgebrauch | language usage / parlance |
| die Steckbriefe | a profile / "wanted" poster |
| stichhaltig | valid / cogent / solid so gut begründet, dass es allen gegnerischen Argumenten standhält |
| suggerieren | to suggest / connote |
| die Synekdoche | synecdoche |
| die Syntax | syntax |
| die Taschenspielerei | sleight of hand |
| titulieren | to title / call |
| die Transkription | transcription |
| der Trennstrich | hyphen (wenig benutzt) |
| der Überbegriff | an umbrella term |
| überdies | moreover / furthermore |
| übertonen | to drown out (a noise) |
| die Umschweife | beating around the bush / circumlocution |
| unflätig | foul-mouthed / scurrilous / obscene |
| die Unschärfe | a blur |
| unterbreiten | to bring forward / present |
| die Unterredung | talks / discussion |
| die Unterstellung | an insinuation |
| unverhohlen | unconcealed / overt / undisguised |
| vereinfachungshalber | for the sake of simplicity |
| verheißen | to promise / augur (augur = a sign of what will happen in the future) |
| verklingen | to die away / fade away |
| vermeintlich | supposedly (I am sure it is not as claimed) |
| vernebeln | to obfuscate / cover with smoke / obscure |
| vernehmlich | audible / clear |
| versalien | uppercase |
| verulken | to make fun of / josh (wenig benutzt) |
| verunglimpfen | to denigrate / disparage |
| verwünschen | to curse / enchant / bewitch (wenig benutzt) |
| die Viralität | virality |
| die Voreingenommenheit | bias / prejudice |
| die Vorladung | summons / subpoena |
| vornehmlich | first and foremost |
| der Wälzer | tome |
| wegwerfend | dismissive |
| wenngleich | albeit / although |
| wider | against (not really used) |
| die Widerrede | a reply / backtalk / contradiction |
| wortreich | verbose / wordy |
| der Wortschwall | a torrent of words / tirade |
| die Zeugenaussage | witness statement / testimony |
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machine · engine · device
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