German C1 — Advanced Vocabulary
161 C1 words in “Nature & Weather”.
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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161 C1 words in “Nature & Weather”
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| die Sintflut | a flood / deluge |
| sintflutartig | torrential |
| der Skarabäus | a scarab |
| der Sog | suction / pull / wake |
| der Sonnenkollektor | a solar panel (wenig benutzt) |
| die Spelze | a glume / husk / hull |
| der Sperling | a sparrow (wenig benutzt) |
| die Spinnentiere | arachnids |
| das Spritzloch | a spray hole (e.g., on a dolfin) |
| der Staubbeutel | an anther (end of the stamen) |
| das Staubblatt | a stamen (anther + filament) |
| der Steinschlag | rockfall |
| die Stichflammen | jets of flame |
| der Stoffkreislauf | material cycle/biogeochemical cycle |
| tagaktiv | diurnal = active during the day |
| die Talsohle | a valley floor |
| die Talsperre | a dam (wenig benutzt) |
| der Teilchenbeschleuniger | a particle accelerator |
| der Tiefdruck | low pressure |
| das Trampeltier | bactrian camel |
| der Tümmler | a porpoise (wenig benutzt) |
| übersät | littered / strewn / covered / studded e.g., littered with holes |
| die Ulme | an elm tree |
| die Verdichtung | condensing / compression |
| verfinstern | to overcloud / darken / eclipse |
| verflüssigen | to liquify |
| vergilben | to yellow (e.g., a tree in fall) |
| verglühen | to burn up |
| verpesten | to pollute / poison / contaminate |
| die Versauerung | acidification |
| verwehen | to blow away / be carried away / be obliterated |
| die Verwerfung | fault / warping |
| verwesen | to rot / decay / decompose |
| die Verwesung | decay / decomposition |
| verwittern | to weather / wear away |
| der Vielfraß | a wolverine / glutton |
| wabern | to waft / drift / float |
| der Waldkauz | brown owl |
| der Wallach | a gelding (a castrated animal, esp. horses) |
| der Wanderfalke | peregrine falcon |
| das Warzenschwein | a warthog |
| der Wasserläufer | water strider / waterbug |
| die Wasserscheide | a watershed |
| das Wasserschwein | a capybara |
| die Welligkeit | ripple |
| die Wendel | coil / helix / spiral |
| widerhallen | to reverberate |
| der Wiedehopf | hoopoe |
| der Wisent | a bison (wenig benutzt) |
| die Woge | a wave / billow / swell |
| wogen | to surge / wave / billow |
| das Wolfram | tungsten |
| zähflüssig | viscous |
| der Zaunkönig | a wren |
| die Zeder | cedar |
| zerklüftet | rugged / fissured |
| zersetzend | decomposing |
| ziepen | to chirp / tweep / cheep (wenig benutzt) |
| der Zobel | a sable = a species of marten |
| zurückstrahlen | to reflect / be reflected |
| das Zwielicht | twilight |
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