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 Kontinuität | continuity |
| die Konvergenz | convergence |
| konvergieren | to converge |
| der Konvertit | a convert |
| der Korporatismus | corporatism |
| korrelieren | to correlate |
| der Kriegspfad | warpath |
| das Kühlmittel | coolant |
| die Kumulation | accumulation / build-up |
| küren | to choose / elect |
| die Lautmalerei | onomatopoeia |
| die Lebensführung | a way of life / lifestyle (wenig benutzt) |
| die Legislatur | legislative period |
| die Legitimation | legitimation / authorization |
| legitimieren | to legitimize |
| die Legitimität | legitimacy |
| das Lehnswesen | feudal system / fief system |
| der Leumund | reputation / name |
| der Limbus | limbo |
| der Lohnsteuer | income tax |
| die Machenschaften | machinations / wheeling and dealing / scheming |
| der Machthaber | a ruler / dictator |
| die Marginalisierung | marginalization |
| das Martyrium | martyrdom |
| die Maserung | wood-grain / texture |
| das Massaker | massacre |
| die Massenerschießung | a mass shooting |
| der Massenmord | mass murder |
| maßgebend | authoritative |
| der Meineid | perjury = the offense of willfully telling an untruth in a court after having taken an oath or affirmation. |
| die Menschenrechtsverletzung | human rights violation |
| das Messbuch | a missal = A missal is a liturgical book containing instructions and texts necessary for the celebration of Mass throughout the liturgical year |
| die Metaphysik | metaphysics / nature of reality |
| meucheln | to assassinate (wenig benutzt) |
| die Meuterei | mutiny |
| die Miliz | militia |
| die Mimesis | mimesis / imitation |
| der Modus | mode / way |
| die Mörsergranate | a mortar shell |
| der Multikulturalismus | multiculturalism |
| der Mundschenk | a cupbearer |
| die Mystik | mysticism |
| die Nachwelt | posterity |
| die Nichtbeachtung | failure to comply / non-observance |
| nichtig | null / void |
| niedermetzeln | to massacre / butcher / hack down (wenig benutzt) |
| die Niederschlagung | a knockdown |
| die Normativität | normativity |
| die Notwehr | self-defense |
| die Notwendigkeit | necessity / must be true |
| der Oberste Gerichtshof | supreme court |
| obsolet | obsolete |
| die Ontologie | ontology / study of being |
| ordnungsgemäß | according to the rules / duly |
| die Ordnungswidrigkeit | administrative offense / regulatory violation |
| die Paradoxie | paradox / seemingly contradictory statement |
| parteiisch | partisan / biased / one-sided |
| die Partizipation | participation |
| der Paternalismus | paternalism |
| die Perpetuierung | perpetuation |
| pervertieren | to pervert / become perverted |
| die Phänomenologie | phenomenology / study of phenomena |
| das Plädoyer | plea / pleading / address to the jury |
| die Plantag | plantation |
| das Plenum | plenary session |
| die Pluralität | plurality |
| das Pneuma | spirit / pneuma |
| die Polarisierung | polarization |
| das Postulat | postulate / assumed principle |
| die Prädikation | predication / asserting properties |
| prähistorisch | prehistoric |
| der Pranger | a pillory / stock |
| der Präzedenzfall | a precedent The decision set a precedent for others to be sent to trial in the US |
| prekär | precarious |
| prognostizieren | to predict |
| das Prunkstück | a showpiece |
| die Ratifizierung | ratification |
| die Rationalität | rationality |
| die Räumlichkeit | spaciality / 3-dimensionality |
| das Raumzeitkontinuum | the space-time continuum |
| die Razzia | a raid |
| die Rechenschaft | accountability |
| die Rechenschaftspflicht | accountability / duty to account |
| die Rechtsfähigkeit | legal personality/legal capacity |
| die Rechtskraft | legal force / finality |
| der Rechtsstaat | constitutional state / rule of law |
| die Rechtsstaatlichkeit | rule of law / constitutionalism |
| die Rechtsverordnung | statutory order / ordinance |
| die Redefreiheit | freedom of speech |
| der Reduktionismus | reductionism |
| die Regierungsfähigkeit | ability to govern |
| die Reisehöhe | cruising altitude |
| das Relikt | a relic |
| die Repräsentation | representation / depiction |
| die Repressalie | a reprisal |
| die Ressourcenerschöpfung | resource depletion |
| die Revision | appeal / cassation |
| revoltieren | to revolt |
| die Rezession | recession |
| die Reziprozität | reciprocity |
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machine · engine · device
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