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 Diurese | urine production/diuresis |
| die Divergenz | divergence |
| divergieren | to diverge |
| die Diversifikation | diversification |
| die Diversität | diversity |
| das Dogma | dogma / doctrine |
| die Dogmatik | dogmatics / dogmatic theology |
| die Dosimetrie | dosimetry/dose measurement |
| der Drahtzieher | a mastermind |
| die Dramaturgie | dramaturgy |
| das Drehmoment | torque |
| die Drehzahl | revolutions per minute / RPM |
| der Dreschflegel | a flail |
| der Drittanbietern | third party provider |
| die Droschke | cab |
| die Druckspannung | compressive stress |
| der Drudenfuß | a pentagram |
| die Drüsensekretion | glandular secretion |
| die Durchführung | development section |
| die Durchlaucht | a highness |
| der Durchsatz | throughput |
| durchschleusen | to smuggle through / navigate / lead through |
| durchtrieben | cunning / crafty / scheming |
| der Düsenantrieb | jet propulsion |
| die Dystonie | dystonia/muscle dysfunction |
| das Ebenbild | a likeness / image |
| ebenbürtig | equal / evenly matched |
| edelmütig | high-minded / noble |
| der Ehrengast | a guest of honor |
| ehrenhaft | honorable |
| die Ehrerbietung | deference / respect |
| die Ehrfurcht | awe / reverence |
| der Eichelhäher | a (eurasian) jay |
| die Eichung | calibration / standardization |
| die Eidsleistung | oath administration |
| die Eierlegende Wollmilchsau | a jack of all trades |
| der Eierstöck | ovary |
| der Eigenbrötler | loner / lone wolf / oddball |
| eigenmächtig | high-handed / unauthorized |
| die Eigennutz | selfishness / self-centeredness |
| die Eigenwerbung | self-promotion |
| einberufen | to convene |
| einbürgern | to naturalize / introduce |
| eindämmen | to stem / contain |
| der Einfallsreichtum | ingenuity / imaginativeness |
| einfassen | to wall / mount / edge / border (wenig betnutzt) |
| einflechten | to weave in / work in |
| die Einfriedung | enclosure / fence / wall |
| die Eingebung | inspiration (wenig benutzt) |
| einkeilen | to jam in / sandwich / box in |
| die Einkerkerung | incarceration |
| der Einlauf | enema = injections of fluids used to cleanse or stimulate the emptying of your bowel |
| einpferchen | to coop up / pen in |
| einpökeln | to salt (meat) |
| einschlägig | relevant / pertinent |
| der Einstich | a puncture / insertion |
| einstig | former / sometime |
| die Eintracht | concord / harmony |
| einweben | to weave in |
| die Einzelhaft | solitary confinement |
| die Ekklesiologie | ecclesiology |
| eklatant | striking / blatant / flagrant |
| die Elle | the ulna / a cubit / yardstick |
| die Ellipse | ellipsis |
| die Eloquenz | eloquence |
| die Emanzipation | emancipation |
| der Emittent | issuer |
| empfindungsfähig | sentient |
| die Emphase | emphasis/intensity |
| der Empirismus | empiricism |
| empor | aloft / up / upward |
| emsig | busy / industrious / bustling |
| die Endabnahme | final inspection |
| die Endlosschleife | an infinite loop |
| engherzig | narrowminded / illiberal (wenig benutzt) |
| entbehren | to be deprived / lack |
| entern | to board / get on |
| entfachen | to whip up (e.g., food) |
| entfesseln | to unleash |
| entfremden | to alienate / estrange |
| die Entfremdung | alienation / estrangement |
| entgegenwirken | to counteract |
| entgeistert | aghast / dumbfounded |
| entgleiten | to glide away |
| enthaupten | to behead |
| entkräften | to invalidate / disable / enfeeble |
| entledigen | to get rid of / release |
| entmündigt | incapacitated |
| die Entrechtung | disenfranchisement |
| entreißen | to snatch / wrest from |
| entriegeln | to unlatch |
| entrollen | to unfurl / unroll |
| entrückt | transported / enraptured |
| entsenden | to send / dispatch |
| entsetzen | to horrify / appall |
| entstellen | to disfigure / distort / garble |
| die Entwaldung | deforestation |
| entweichen | to escape / leak |
| entweihen | to desecrate |
| entwinden | to unwind |
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