German C1 — Advanced Vocabulary
Formal, academic and specialized words — the hard-to-find advanced vocabulary. · 2,114 words.
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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2,114 C1 words
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| der Befehlshaber | commander (leader) |
| befeuern | to fuel (wenig benutzt) |
| die Befindlichkeit | state of being / condition |
| beflissen | eager / zealous / studious |
| die Befugnis | power / authority / authorization |
| befugt | authorized / competent |
| die Begebenheit | occurrence / event / incident |
| begehren | to covet / desire / crave |
| begehrlich | covetous |
| die Begehung | perpetration |
| beglücken | to make happy |
| die Begnadigung | a pardon / reprieve |
| die Begräbnisstätte | a burial site |
| begradigen | to straighten |
| begutachten | to give expert advice about / eye up |
| begütigen | to appease / pacify / placate |
| behaftet | fraught / afflicted |
| die Behausung | habitation / dwelling |
| beiliegen | to be enclosed / inserted |
| der Beirat | an advisory council / adviser |
| beisetzen | to entomb / inter |
| der Beitel | a woodworking chisel |
| das Beiwerk | additions / accessories |
| bejahend | affirmative / positive (wenig benutzt) |
| das Bekenntnis | confession |
| beklatschen | to gossip about |
| beklommen | uneasy / anxious |
| die Beklommenheit | apprehensiveness / trepidation |
| bekömmlich | digestable / wholesome / beneficial |
| bekritteln | to criticize / find fault with (wenig benutzt) |
| der Belang | matter / importance / significance |
| die Belletristik | fiction (wenig benutzt) |
| benetzen | to wet / moisten |
| die Benignität | benignity/harmlessness |
| berechtigterweise | legitimately / justifiably |
| bersten | to burst |
| der Besatzer | an occupier |
| die Beschaffenheit | nature / composition / constitution |
| beschaulich | contemplative / tranquil / quiet / placid |
| beschlagnahmen | to confiscate / impound |
| beschleichen | to creep up on / stalk |
| die Beschneidung | clipping / circumcision / trimming |
| die Beschönigung | extenuation / beautification (lessen the seriousness by making something nicer via excuses) |
| beschwichtigend | conciliatory / placating (wenig benutzt) |
| beschwören | to conjure up / invoke / summon |
| die Beschwörung | an incantation / conjuration |
| besiedeln | to settle / colonize / populate |
| die Besiedlung | colonization |
| besingen | to sing the praise of / sing about |
| die Bestattung | a funeral (wenig benutzt) |
| bestürzen | to dismay / upset / shock |
| besudeln | to sully / befoul / soil |
| beteuern | to protest / assert / reassure |
| die Betriebsamkeit | an active nature / activity |
| betrüben | to sadden / distress |
| betucht | well-heeled / well-to-do |
| bevormunden | to treat like a child / patronize |
| der Beweggrund | a motive (wenig benutzt) |
| die Bewehrung | reinforcement |
| die Beweismittel | evidence/material evidence |
| bewerkstelligen | to contrive / accomplish |
| die Bezeugung | attestation (testimony) |
| beziffern | to figure / number / estimate |
| bezwecken | to aim at / have as an objective |
| der Bias | bias |
| die Bilanzierung | accounting/balance-sheet accounting |
| die Bildlichkeit | figurativeness/imagery |
| die Billigung | an endorsement / approval |
| die Bindehautentzündung | conjunctivitus = pink eye |
| das Bindemittel | binder / thickener / cement |
| binnen | within / inland |
| die Binnenmigration | internal migration |
| die Binsen | rushes = grass having wiry stems and sheathed panicles |
| die Binsenweisheit | a truism = a statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting |
| der Biodiversitätsverlust | biodiversity loss |
| die Biotopvernetzung | biotope networking/habitat corridors |
| bis Dato | to date (e.g., to date, there have been no further attempts) |
| das Bistum | diocese / see = a district under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Christian Church |
| der Biwaksack | bivouac sack |
| blähend | flatulent / bloated |
| die Blahung | fart / wind |
| die Blamage | disgrace (wenig benutzt) |
| der Blasebalg | bellows |
| das Blasloch | a blowhole (whale) |
| das Blattwerk | foliage |
| der Blauhäher | bluejay |
| blechern | tinny / metallic |
| blecken | to dart / flash (wenig benutzt) |
| die Blende | an aperture / shutter |
| die Blendung | a glare (e.g., on a windshield) |
| die Blockchain | blockchain |
| blümerant | unwell / queasy / weak / limp (wenig benutzt) |
| der Bluterguss | a really bad bruise (wenig benutzt) |
| die Blutgerinnung | blood clotting/coagulation |
| die Blutrache | a blood feud / vendetta |
| das Blutvergießen | bloodshed |
| die Bodendegradation | soil degradation |
| der Bodensatz | sediment / lees / dregs |
| die Böe | a squall / gust |
| die Bonität | creditworthiness |
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und sie haben es in dieser Maschine gezüchtet
and they grew it inside this machine
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machine · in context
noun
machine · engine · device
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