German C1 — Advanced Vocabulary
604 C1 words in “Society & Abstract”.
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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604 C1 words in “Society & Abstract”
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| das Brimborium | paraphernalia |
| die Bündelung | a bundling |
| die Burschenschaft | a fraternity |
| büßen | to atone / pay for / make amends for |
| das Byzanz | Byzantine (empire) |
| die Chimäre | chimera/illusion |
| dämonisieren | to demonize |
| die Dampfwalze | a steamroller |
| darbringen | to offer (up) |
| das Dasein | existence / being / presence |
| die Deflation | deflation |
| die Dehnbarkeit | extensibility / ductility / elasticity |
| der Dekan | a dean |
| die Dekarbonisierung | decarbonization |
| die Dekonstruktion | deconstruction |
| das Dekret | a decree |
| das Delikt | tort / delict / wrongful act |
| die Deontologie | deontology / duty-based ethics |
| die Desintegration | disintegration |
| die Determiniertheit | determinateness |
| der Determinismus | determinism / all events predetermined |
| die Devianz | deviance |
| die Dezentralisierung | decentralization |
| dezimieren | to decimate |
| der Diakon | a deacon = an ordained minister of an order ranking below that of priest |
| die Dialektik | dialectics / thesis-antithesis-synthesis |
| diametral | diametrical(ly) |
| die Diaspora | diaspora |
| diesseits | this side of |
| die Differenzierung | differentiation / stratification |
| diffus | diffuse |
| die Diskrepanz | discrepancy |
| die Disparität | disparity / inequality |
| die Divergenz | divergence |
| divergieren | to diverge |
| die Diversität | diversity |
| das Dogma | dogma / doctrine |
| der Drittanbietern | third party provider |
| der Drudenfuß | a pentagram |
| der Düsenantrieb | jet propulsion |
| das Ebenbild | a likeness / image |
| ebenbürtig | equal / evenly matched |
| der Eichelhäher | a (eurasian) jay |
| die Eidsleistung | oath administration |
| die Eierlegende Wollmilchsau | a jack of all trades |
| eigenmächtig | high-handed / unauthorized |
| die Eigenwerbung | self-promotion |
| einberufen | to convene |
| einbürgern | to naturalize / introduce |
| eindämmen | to stem / contain |
| die Einkerkerung | incarceration |
| die Eintracht | concord / harmony |
| die Einzelhaft | solitary confinement |
| die Emanzipation | emancipation |
| empfindungsfähig | sentient |
| entfremden | to alienate / estrange |
| die Entfremdung | alienation / estrangement |
| entgegenwirken | to counteract |
| enthaupten | to behead |
| entmündigt | incapacitated |
| die Entrechtung | disenfranchisement |
| entweihen | to desecrate |
| die Entwürdigung | degradation / abasement |
| das Epos | an epic (e.g., poem) |
| erdenklich | imaginable / conceivable |
| der Erlass | enactment (decree) |
| erlassen | to issue / enact / pass |
| ermächtigen | to empower / enable |
| der Ermessensspielraum | discretionary scope / margin of discretion |
| die Erreichung | attainment / achievement |
| erschwerend | aggravating |
| die Erwägung | consideration |
| der Erzengel | an archangel |
| eschatologisch | eschatological |
| etlich | quite a few |
| die Exklusion | exclusion |
| facettenreich | multifaceted |
| die Fäulnis | rot / decay / putrefaction |
| das Fegefeuer | purgatory |
| die Fehde | a feud |
| die Feuerprobe | ordeal / trial by fire |
| die Feuertaufe | baptism of fire / trial by fire |
| die Figuration | figuration / representational art |
| die Fiskalpolitik | fiscal policy |
| die Flüchtigkeit | volatility |
| der Föderalismus | federalism |
| folgerichtig | consequential |
| formbar | malleable |
| die Fraktionierung | fragmentation |
| die Freiheitsstrafe | custodial sentence / imprisonment |
| der Freispruch | acquittal |
| der Freitod | suicide (wenig benutzt) |
| die Fremdenfeindlichkeit | xenophobia |
| die Gaunerei | trickery / fraud |
| gebrandschatzt | pillaged / plundered |
| gebührend | due / proper / befitting / suitable |
| gediegen | sterling / high quality |
| die Gefolgschaft | fealty / loyalty / allegiance |
| die Gefüge | structure / grain |
| die Gegebenheit | a fact / condition / actuality |
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