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 |
|---|---|
| die Gegenwehr | resistance (wenig benutzt) |
| die Geldpolitik | monetary policy |
| das Gelübde | a vow |
| das Gemach | chamber (e.g., came to my chambers) |
| der Gemahl | husband / spouse |
| das Gemeinwohl | the common good |
| das Gemetzel | slaughter / carnage / massacre |
| der Genozid | genocide (literal) |
| die Gepflogenheit | custom / practice / tradition |
| die Gerichtbarkeit | jurisdiction / judicial authority |
| die Gerichtsbarkeit | a jurisdiction |
| die Gesamtheit | entirety / totality |
| die Geschäftsunfähigkeit | lack of legal capacity |
| das Geschöpf | creating / being / creation |
| der Gesetzgeber | legislator / legislature |
| die Gesetzgebungskompetenz | legislative authority / legislative competence |
| das Gesetzgebungsverfahren | legislative process |
| der Gewahrsam | custody (safekeeping) |
| die Gewaltenteilung | separation of powers |
| die Gewaltlosigkeit | nonviolence |
| gleichförmig | of the same shape |
| der Glimmerstein | mica (stone) |
| die Gottheit | deity / divinity |
| der Götzendienst | idolatry |
| der Gral | a grail / cup |
| der Gräuel | abomination |
| die Gräueltat | an atrocity / outrage |
| das Grenzregime | border regime |
| grenzwertig | borderline |
| die Größenordnung | an order of magnitude |
| das Grundgesetz | constitution / basic charter |
| die Haft | detention / custody / imprisonment |
| der Haftbefehl | a warrant |
| die Handlungsunfähigkeit | incapacity to act |
| die Häresie | heresy |
| der Häretiker | a heretic |
| Hauptaugenmerk | main focus (wenig benutzt) |
| die Hegemonie | hegemony |
| die Heiligenverehrung | veneration of saints |
| die Heiligkeit | holiness |
| die Heiligung | sanctification |
| die Heilsgeschichte | salvation history |
| die Hellebarde | a halberd |
| das Hemmnis | a hindrance / impediment |
| das Henkersmahlzeit | a last meal |
| herkömmlich | conventional (wenig benutzt) |
| die Herrlichkeit | glory |
| das Herrschaftsgebiet | dominion / territory |
| heterogen | heterogeneous |
| die Heterogenität | heterogeneity |
| der Heuschober | a haystack / barn |
| hinfällig | invalid / untenable / lapsed |
| der Hirt | a shepherd / herdsman |
| der Hofnarr | a court jester |
| die Holocaustleugnung | holocaust denial |
| die Holunderbeere | elderberry |
| die Homogenität | homogeneity |
| huldigen | to pay homage to |
| die Ikonografie | iconography / symbolic meaning |
| die Immanenz | immanence / immanent quality |
| in Kraft treten | to come into effect |
| der Inbegriff | an epitome |
| der Indeterminismus | indeterminism / events not predetermined |
| die Inflation | inflation |
| die Inhaftierung | imprisonment / arrest |
| die Inklusion | inclusion |
| die Instanz | an authority / court / trial |
| die Integrationsleistung | integration achievement / integrative performance |
| die Intensivierung | intensification |
| die Intersektionalität | intersectionality |
| der Irrglaube | a mistaken belief |
| jählings | suddenly / abruptly / headlong |
| das Jota | an iota |
| die Jugendbewegung | a youth movement |
| die Jungfer / Altjungfer | a spinster / maid an unmarried woman, typically an older woman beyond the usual age for marriage |
| die Jurisdiktion | jurisdiction/legal authority |
| das Kalifat | a caliphate |
| der Kammerherr | a chamberlain = an officer who manages the household of a monarch or noble |
| der Kaplan | a chaplain |
| die Kargheit | sparseness / barrenness |
| der Katalysator | catalyst |
| die Kausalität | causality |
| der Kautschuk | rubber |
| die Ketzerei | heresy / apostasy |
| der Kipppunkt | tipping point |
| der Klacks | glob / dollop / blob |
| Kladderadatsch | when something ends chaotically |
| der Klüngel | clique / clan |
| der Knast | slammer (jail / prison) |
| die Knechtschaft | bondage / servitude |
| die Kodifizierung | codification |
| die Kohlekraftwerke | coal-fired power plant |
| kohlenstoffarm | low-carbon |
| die Kommilitone | a fellow student |
| die Kongruenz | congruence / alignment |
| das Königtum | monarchy |
| die Konstellation | constellation/configuration |
| die Konstituierung | constitution / formation |
| das Kontingent | a contingent / quota (group of people) |
| die Kontingenz | contingency / possible but not necessary |
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