German C1 — Advanced Vocabulary
264 C1 words in “Work & Education”.
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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264 C1 words in “Work & Education”
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| die Regression | regression |
| die Reliabilität | reliability |
| renommiert | renowned / famed |
| die Replikation | replication |
| die Ressortverteilung | departmental allocation |
| das Sabbatjahr | a sabbatical year |
| der Sachverstand | expertise |
| sachverständig | expertly |
| die Schalung | formwork/shuttering |
| die Schematisierung | schematization |
| die Schinderei | drudgery / slog / struggle |
| die Sektorenkopplung | sector coupling |
| die Semesterwochenstunde | class contact hour / semester hour |
| die Semiotik | semiotics |
| die Setzung | settlement/subsidence |
| sezieren | to dissect |
| die Signifikanz | significance |
| das Silizium | silicon |
| die Skalierbarkeit | scalability |
| der Snapshot | snapshot |
| der Söldner | mercenary |
| die Sonde | a probe |
| der Stack | stack / layer |
| der Stahlbetonbau | reinforced concrete construction |
| die Standardabweichung | standard deviation |
| die Standsicherheit | structural stability |
| das Stärkekörnchen | starch granule |
| die Stückprüfung | routine test |
| subsidiär | subsidiary / supplementary |
| subventionieren | to subsidize |
| synthetisieren | to synthesize |
| der Tagelöhner | a day laborer |
| die Theodizee | theodicy |
| die Topik | topic |
| der Torfabbau | peat extraction |
| die Tragfähigkeit | load capacity |
| das Tragwerk | load-bearing structure |
| die Triangulation | triangulation |
| die Übernahme | takeover / acquisition |
| ultraweitwinkel | ultra-wide angle |
| die Unabhängige Variable | independent variable |
| untergliedern | to subdivide |
| die Urheberrecht | a copyright |
| die Ursachenforschung | root cause analysis |
| die Validität | validity |
| die Varianz | variance |
| vereidigen | to swear in |
| die Vereidigung | a swearing-in |
| die Verifizierung | verification |
| verinnerlichen | to internalize |
| der Verputz | plastering |
| der Verschleißschutz | wear protection |
| die Versionskontrolle | version control |
| die Virtualisierung | virtualization |
| der Vogelkundler | ornithologist |
| der Volkswirt | an economist (wenig benutzt) |
| der Vorsteher | a head / leader |
| walzen | to roll / mill |
| wartungsfreundlich | low-maintenance |
| der Weißabgleich | white balance (in pictures) |
| die Werkanalyse | work analysis / critique |
| zahlenmäßig | numerical (wenig benutzt) |
| zementieren | to cement / reinforce |
| die Zugspannung | tensile stress |
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