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 Bonitätsauskunft | a credit report |
| das Bonitätsrating | credit rating |
| der Bonze | a bigwig / big shot / fat cat |
| der Börsengang | an IPO (initial public offering) |
| die Bosheit | malice / wickedness / nastiness |
| der Bottich | a vat |
| brachial | brute adj |
| das Brandopfer | a burnt sacrifice |
| der Brandstifter | arsonist / incendiary |
| bräutlich | nuptial |
| die Brennkammer | a combustion chamber |
| der Brennpunkt | focus (wenig benutzt) |
| die Brennweite | a focal length |
| das Brimborium | paraphernalia |
| brisant | explosive / volatile |
| die Bruchlandung | a crash landing |
| bruchsicher | shatterproof |
| brüskieren | to snub |
| der Brustkorb | chest cavity / thorax |
| die Brüstung | parapet / ballustrade |
| die Brutzeit | breeding season |
| bugsieren | to tow / maneuver |
| der Buhruf | a boo (catcall / jeer) |
| die Bündelung | a bundling |
| die Burschenschaft | a fraternity |
| der Bürzel | a rump (on a bird) |
| büßen | to atone / pay for / make amends for |
| das Byzanz | Byzantine (empire) |
| die Chemotherapie | chemotherapy |
| die Chimäre | chimera/illusion |
| der Chorbogen | choir arch |
| das Chrom | Chromium |
| cineastisch | cinematic |
| der Cluster | cluster |
| die Codierung | encoding / coding |
| die Compliance | patient adherence/compliance |
| der Dachfirst | a roof ridge |
| die Dachgesellschaft | an umbrella company |
| die Dachhaut | roof covering/roof membrane |
| die Dachneigung | roof pitch/slope |
| der Dachsparren | roof rafter |
| dahinsiechen | to pine away / languish / waste away |
| dämonisieren | to demonize |
| die Dampfwalze | a steamroller |
| darbringen | to offer (up) |
| darlegen | to set forth / explain / state |
| die Darmspiegelung | a colonoscopy |
| die Darreichungsform | dosage form/pharmaceutical form |
| das Dasein | existence / being / presence |
| die Datenvisualisierung | data visualization |
| der Däumling | Tom Thumb fairy tale character |
| die Deckenschalung | ceiling formwork |
| das Deduktionsverfahren | deductive reasoning |
| deduzieren | to deduce |
| defilieren | to parade past / march past |
| die Deflation | deflation |
| der Degen | a epee (fencing) / sword / rapier |
| die Dehnbarkeit | extensibility / ductility / elasticity |
| dehydrieren | to dehydrate |
| der Dekan | a dean |
| die Dekarbonisierung | decarbonization |
| die Dekodierung | decoding |
| die Dekonstruktion | deconstruction |
| das Dekret | a decree |
| das Delikt | tort / delict / wrongful act |
| die Denotation | denotation |
| die Deontologie | deontology / duty-based ethics |
| deponieren | to deposit / put / lodge |
| das Derivat | derivative |
| die Desensibilisierung | desensitization |
| designiert | designated |
| die Designierung | a designation |
| die Desinformation | disinformation |
| die Desintegration | disintegration |
| die Desorientierung | disorientation / confusion |
| destillieren | to distill |
| die Determiniertheit | determinateness |
| der Determinismus | determinism / all events predetermined |
| die Devianz | deviance |
| die Dezentralisierung | decentralization |
| dezimieren | to decimate |
| der Diakon | a deacon = an ordained minister of an order ranking below that of priest |
| die Dialektik | dialectics / thesis-antithesis-synthesis |
| diametral | diametrical(ly) |
| die Diaspora | diaspora |
| die Didaktik | didactics / teaching methodology |
| diesseits | this side of |
| diffamieren | to defame |
| die Differentialdiagnose | differential diagnosis |
| die Differenzierung | differentiation / stratification |
| diffus | diffuse |
| die Diktion | diction/style |
| das Diktum | dictum/pronouncement |
| der Dinkel | spelt (less common) |
| die Diskrepanz | discrepancy |
| der Diskurs | discourse |
| diskutabel | debatable |
| die Disparität | disparity / inequality |
| die Disposition | predisposition / tendency |
| die Dissonanz | dissonance |
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