German C1 — Advanced Vocabulary
290 C1 words in “Feelings & Character”.
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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290 C1 words in “Feelings & Character”
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| glimpflich | mild / lenient / light |
| gönnerhaft | patronizing = apparently kind or helpful but betraying a feeling of superiority; condescending |
| die Gottlosigkeit | godlessness / impiety |
| der Gram | grief / sorrow |
| grämen | to grieve |
| der Größenwahn | megalomania / delusions of grandeur |
| der Habitus | habitus / disposition |
| hämisch | gloating / spiteful |
| hanebüchen | outrageous / scandalous / wicked (wenig benutzt) |
| hegen | to cherish |
| heimgesucht | haunted |
| heimsuchen | to haunt / plague / attack / invade |
| heimtückisch | insidious / treacherous |
| heißersehnte | long-awaited (wenig benutzt) |
| hellsichtig | clairvoyant / shrewd = having or exhibiting an ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact |
| hingebungsvoll | devoted / dedicated |
| hinterlistig | cunning / deceitful |
| das Hirngespinst | a fantasy (wenig benutzt) |
| der Hochmut | pride / haughtiness / arrogance |
| hochmütig | haughty / arrogant |
| hochtrabend | highfalutin / pompous / pretentious |
| hoheitsvoll | majestic / regal |
| hurtig | quick / nimble (wenig benutzt) |
| die Impulsivität | impulsivity |
| die Inbrunst | fervor |
| die Integrität | integrity |
| die Internalisierung | internalization |
| die Introversion | introversion |
| die Irritabilität | irritability |
| der Jähzorn | a quick temper / violent outburst (he has a quick temper) |
| Kackbratze | an unattractive person |
| die Kanaille | canaille / rascal / scoundrel |
| kapriziert | capricious / moody given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior |
| die Katharsis | catharsis |
| kauzig | cranky / odd |
| kleinmütig | faint-hearted / timid |
| knauserig | stingy (wenig benutzt) |
| knorke | smashing / swell (slang) |
| die Konformität | conformity |
| konsterniert | dismayed |
| die Kümmernis | troubles / worries |
| die Labilität | instability / lability |
| langmütig | long-suffering |
| lasch | lax / feeble / limp (wenig benutzt) |
| leutselig | affable / genial |
| makaber | macabre |
| der Makel | a blemish / taint / defect |
| makellos | flawless / spotless / immaculate |
| maliziös | malicious |
| markerschütternd | blood-curdling |
| die Marotte | a quirk |
| martern | to martyr / torture / torment |
| die Mattigkeit | languor / weariness = the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia |
| die Melancholie | melancholy / sadness |
| missachten | to disregard / ignore |
| die Missachtung | disregard / disrespect / contempt |
| missbilligend | disapproving / deprecating |
| die Missgunst | envy / jealousy / resentment |
| missliebig | unpopular |
| missmutig | ill-tempered / scowling / morose |
| mitschwingen | to resonate |
| der Müßiggänger | an idler |
| mustergültig | exemplary / model (wenig benutzt) |
| die Niedergeschlagenheit | dejection / depression / despondency |
| die Niedertracht | despicableness / vileness / infamy |
| pflichtgemäß | dutiful |
| die Pietät | piety / reverence |
| die Plumpheit | plumpness / clumsiness / crassness |
| die Prasserei | a splurge |
| die Qual | torment / agony / torture |
| qualvoll | excruciating |
| der Querulant | grumbler / querelous person |
| rabiat | ruthless / rough / breakneck |
| die Raffinesse | sophistication / refinement |
| die Rechtschaffenheit | uprightness / righteousness |
| redlich | honestly (wenig benutzt) |
| die Regungslosigkeit | stillness / motionlessness |
| renitent | unruly |
| die Resilienz | resilience |
| das Ressentiment | resentment (wenig benutzt) |
| reumütig | remorseful |
| ritterlich | knightly / chivalrous |
| sanftmütig | meek / gentle |
| schalkhaft | rogueish / mischievous |
| das Scheusal | a monster / fright |
| schinden | to flay / drive hard / mistreat flay = to strip off the skin or surface of / criticize harshly |
| der Schindluder | an old cranky person eine veraltete Bezeichnung für alte oder kranke Haustiere, die ihr Gnadenbrot nicht mehr erhalten und stattdessen zum Schinder (Abdecker) gebracht werden. Diese Redewendung bedeutet also ursprünglich: Jemanden wie ein krankes, nicht mehr zu heilendes Tier behandeln. |
| der Schlawiner | an artful dodger / rogue / wangler |
| schludrig | sloppy / slapdash / slovenly (wenig benutzt) |
| die Schmach | shame / disgrace / ignomy (wenig benutzt) |
| schmählich | shameful / humiliating |
| schnöde | vile / disdainful / despicable |
| der Schürzenjäger | a womanizer / philanderer |
| die Schwärmerei | crush / puppy love / enthusiasm |
| schwärmerisch | effusive / infatuated / enthusiastic |
| die Selbstbeweihräucherung | self-congratulation |
| selbstgefällig | complacent / self-satisfied |
| selbstgerecht | self-righteous |
| die Seligkeit | bliss / salvation / happiness |
| die Sensibilität | sensitivity |
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