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 |
|---|---|
| der Spießer | a philistine / bourgeois philistine = hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts. |
| der Spleen | a whimsy / eccentricity / quirk |
| strenggläubig | strictly religious / strict |
| tatenlos | passively / idle |
| törisch | foolish |
| traktieren | to give someone a rough time / bully |
| treuherzig | trusting / innocent |
| der Trieb | drive / instinct |
| triezen | to pester (wenig benutzt) |
| triste | sad / dreary / dismal |
| trübselig | mopy / moping / gloomy |
| trügerisch | deceptive / deceitful |
| übermannen | to overpower / overwhelm |
| der Übermut | high spirits / devilment |
| der Überschwang | exuberance = the quality of being full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness |
| überschwänglich | gushing / exuberant / profuse |
| ulkig | funny / odd / comical (wenig benutzt) |
| umsichtig | circumspect / prudent / judicious |
| umtriebig | bustling / go-getting |
| umwerben | to court / woo |
| unaussprechlich | unspeakable |
| unbändig | irrepressible / unruly / wild |
| unbarmherzig | unmerciful / remorseless |
| unbedacht | thoughtless / unthinking |
| unbefangen | impartial / unbiased / unselfconscious |
| unentschuldbar | inexcusable / indefensible |
| unerbittlich | relentless / inexorable |
| unermüdlich | tireless / unresting |
| unerträglich | unbearable / intolerable |
| ungemein | immense / tremendous |
| der Unglücksrabe | an unlucky thing / wretch |
| unheilschwanger | portentious / ominous |
| unheilvoll | portentous / ominous |
| unnachgiebig | unyielding / adamant |
| die Unnachgiebigkeit | intransigence / inflexibility = refusal to change one's views or to agree about something |
| die Unsittlichkeit | immorality / indecency |
| untadelig | blameless |
| unverwandt | unblinking / steady |
| unverwüstlich | indestructable / resilient |
| unverzagt | unflinching with courage / unshrinking |
| unwirsch | gruff / brusque / testily / short-temperedly |
| die Urangst | a primal fear |
| die Veranlagung | predisposition / disposition / nature |
| die Verbissenheit | doggedness (ruggedness / determination) |
| verdrießen | to annoy / irritate / irk |
| verdrießlich | morosely / sullen / sourly |
| die Verdrossenheit | disgruntlement / displeasure |
| der Verfolgungswahn | paranoia (wenig benutzt) |
| vergegenwärtigen | to visualize / imagine |
| die Vergessenheit | oblivion |
| vergöttern | to idolize / deify / adore |
| verkniffen | pinched |
| die Verletzbarkeit | vulnerability |
| verletzlich | vulnerable |
| vermaledeit | damned / cursed |
| verpfeifen | to squeal on / rat on |
| verprügeln | to beat up / thrash |
| verschmähen | to disdain / despise |
| versonnen | pensive / thoughtful / dreamy |
| die Verspieltheit | playfulness |
| verstohlen | stealthy / furtive |
| verweichlicht | effeminate (wenig benutzt) |
| verwerflich | reprehensible |
| verzagen | to lose heart / become disheartened |
| die Verzückung | rapture / ecstacy |
| vortrefflich | excellent / splendid / superb |
| waghalsig | daring / foolhardy / daredevil |
| wankelmütig | fickle / inconstant |
| wehleidig | self-pitying / whining / sniveling sniveling = complain in a whining or tearful way |
| der Wehmutstropfen | a downer |
| wettergegerbt | weather-beaten |
| widerborstig | contrarily / rebellious |
| widerspenstig | unruly / rebellious |
| widerstrebend | conflicted / reluctant |
| widerwärtig | repulsive / unsavory |
| willfährig | compliant / submissive |
| die Wonne | bliss / joy |
| wortkarg | taciturn / uncommunicative |
| wulstig | bulging / thick |
| würdigen | to pay tribute / appreciate / respect |
| die Xenophobie | xenophobia |
| die Zähigkeit | toughness |
| zartbesaitet | squeamish (wenig benutzt) |
| zerfleischen | to lacerate / mangle / tear to pieces / savage |
| zermürben | to wear down / grind down |
| zutiefst | profoundly / deeply |
| zutraulich | trusting / friendly |
| der Zwergenaufstand | a fuss about nothing |
| der Zwiespalt | a conflict / gulf |
| zwiespältig | ambiguous / suggestive |
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