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 |
|---|---|
| die Verletzbarkeit | vulnerability |
| verletzlich | vulnerable |
| die Verleumdung | slander (defamation / libel) |
| das Verlies | dungeon |
| verlöschen | to be dissolved / fade / die |
| das Vermächtnis | legacy |
| vermählen | to wed / marry |
| vermaledeit | damned / cursed |
| vermeintlich | supposedly (I am sure it is not as claimed) |
| die Vermessenheit | presumptuousness |
| vermöbeln | to shellack / thrash / beat up |
| vernebeln | to obfuscate / cover with smoke / obscure |
| vernehmlich | audible / clear |
| der Vernichtungslager | an extermination camp |
| verpesten | to pollute / poison / contaminate |
| verpfeifen | to squeal on / rat on |
| verplempern | to fritter away (waste / squander) |
| verprügeln | to beat up / thrash |
| der Verputz | plastering |
| die Verquickung | an amalgamation |
| versalien | uppercase |
| die Versauerung | acidification |
| verschachtelt | encapsulated |
| die Verschalung | cladding/sheathing |
| verschanzen | to entrench (fortify) |
| der Verschleißschutz | wear protection |
| die Verschleppung | protraction / spreading / delay protraction = the action of prolonging something or the state of being prolonged |
| Verschlimmbessern | to make things worse (in order to improve it) |
| verschmähen | to disdain / despise |
| die Versionskontrolle | version control |
| versklaven | to enslave |
| versonnen | pensive / thoughtful / dreamy |
| die Verspieltheit | playfulness |
| verstohlen | stealthy / furtive |
| verströmen | to exude / emit |
| vertäuen | to moor = make fast (a boat) by attaching it by cable or rope to the shore or to an anchor |
| vertilgen | to devour / destroy / polish off / exterminate |
| verulken | to make fun of / josh (wenig benutzt) |
| verunglimpfen | to denigrate / disparage |
| verwehen | to blow away / be carried away / be obliterated |
| verweichlicht | effeminate (wenig benutzt) |
| verwerflich | reprehensible |
| die Verwerfung | fault / warping |
| verwesen | to rot / decay / decompose |
| die Verwesung | decay / decomposition |
| verwirken | to forfeit |
| verwitmet | widowed |
| verwittern | to weather / wear away |
| verwünschen | to curse / enchant / bewitch (wenig benutzt) |
| verzagen | to lose heart / become disheartened |
| verzahnen | to interlock / dovetail |
| der Verzehr | consumption (aka eating) |
| die Verzückung | rapture / ecstacy |
| die Vettel | a hag / harridan harridan = a strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman |
| vielerorts | in many places |
| der Vielfraß | a wolverine / glutton |
| die Vielschichtigkeit | complexity (wenig benutzt) |
| die Viralität | virality |
| die Virtualisierung | virtualization |
| die Virulenz | virulence |
| vogelfrei | outlaw (adj) |
| der Vogelkundler | ornithologist |
| die Volatilität | volatility |
| der Völkermord | genocide |
| die Volkssouveränität | popular sovereignty |
| der Volkswirt | an economist (wenig benutzt) |
| die Vollendung | consummation / completion / perfection |
| die Vollstreckung | enforcement / execution / carrying out |
| der Vollzug | enforcement / implementation / penal system |
| der Vorbote | harbinger / precursor / herald |
| die Voreingenommenheit | bias / prejudice |
| vorherrschend | prevalent / predominant |
| die Vorhut | vanguard (opposite of rear guard) |
| der Vorkämpfer | a champion / pioneer |
| die Vorladung | summons / subpoena |
| vornehmlich | first and foremost |
| der Vorposten | an outpost |
| die Vorsehung | providence / destiny |
| das Vorsitzrecht | right to chair / right of presidency |
| der Vorsteher | a head / leader |
| die Vorstrafe | prior conviction/criminal record |
| vortrefflich | excellent / splendid / superb |
| die Vorzeigefrau | a trophy wife |
| das Votum | vote / judgment |
| die Vulnerabilität | vulnerability |
| wabern | to waft / drift / float |
| wächsern | waxen / waxy |
| waghalsig | daring / foolhardy / daredevil |
| die Wahnvorstellung | a delusion / hallucination |
| der Waldkauz | brown owl |
| der Wallach | a gelding (a castrated animal, esp. horses) |
| walzen | to roll / mill |
| der Wälzer | tome |
| der Wams | a jerkin |
| der Wanderfalke | peregrine falcon |
| die Wanderungsbewegung | migration movement |
| wankelmütig | fickle / inconstant |
| wartungsfreundlich | low-maintenance |
| der Warzenhof | areola |
| das Warzenschwein | a warthog |
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