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 Röntgenstrahlung | x-rays |
| der Rückgriff | recourse = a source of help in a difficult situation |
| die Ruhmestat | a glorious deed |
| die Rührung | emotion (not used often) |
| die Sachbeschädigung | property damage |
| der Sachverhalt | facts |
| säkular | secular |
| die Säkularisierung | secularization / removal from church control |
| der Säkularismus | secularism |
| saturiert | saturated |
| die Schaffung | creation / establishment |
| der Scharfmacher | a rabble-rouser / agitator |
| der Scharfrichter | executioner |
| der Scharlach | scarlet fever |
| das Scharmützel | skirmish |
| der Schauprozess | a show trial |
| der Scheitelpunkt | a vertex |
| der Scheiterhaufen | a pyre |
| die Schenkung | a donation / gift (wenig benutzt) |
| die Schererei | a hassle (wenig benutzt) |
| die Schergen | minions |
| die Scheuklappen | blinders |
| schiere | sheer / pure (sheer dumb luck) |
| das Schisma | schism |
| die Schöpfungsgeschichte | The Story of Creation |
| das Schrapnell | shrapnel |
| die Schuldfähigkeit | culpability / criminal responsibility |
| der Schuldspruch | a guilty verdict |
| der Schutzherr | a patron (wenig benutzt) |
| der Schwerverbrecher | a felon |
| der Schwur | oath / vow / covenant |
| segensreich | beneficient / blessed |
| die Segmentierung | segmentation |
| die Segnung | blessing / benediction (the verb as a noun) |
| die Segregation | segregation |
| die Selbsterhaltung | self-preservation |
| der Siegeszug | a triumphal march |
| der Sonderweg | a special way |
| die Souveränität | sovereignty |
| das Sozialkapital | social capital |
| das Spannungsfeld | an electric field / area of conflict |
| die Spannweite | a wingspan / span / spread |
| der Speckgürtel | a commuter belt / ring around a city |
| die Spiritualität | spirituality |
| die Spottdrossel | a mockingbird |
| die Sprengfalle | a booby trap |
| der Sprengkörper | an explosive device |
| der Staatsstreich | coup d'état |
| die Stagnation | stagnation |
| die Ständegesellschaft | estate system / class hierarchy |
| statthaft | permissible / allowed (wenig benutzt) |
| die Sterbehilfe | euthanasia (wenig benutzt) |
| die Stetigkeit | steadiness / continuity / constancy |
| das Stigma | stigma |
| die Stigmatisierung | stigmatization |
| das Stoßgebet | a quick prayer |
| das Strafgesetzbuch | a criminal code |
| straflos | unpunished |
| das Strafmaß | quantum of punishment / sentence |
| die Strafzumessung | sentencing/penalty determination |
| der Strebebögen | a buttress |
| die Streumunition | cluster munitions |
| die Subalternität | subalternity |
| die Subsidiarität | subsidiarity |
| subtil | subtle |
| die Subtilität | a subtlety |
| die Subvention | subsidy / price support |
| sühnen | to atone for |
| der Sündenfall | fall of man |
| der Syllogismus | syllogism / deductive argument form |
| die Tautologie | tautology / always true statement |
| teilbar | divisible |
| die Teleologie | teleology / goal-directed development |
| die Tempelritter | the Knights Templar |
| tendenziell | tending / tendencial |
| tiefgreifend | profound |
| das Titan | titanium |
| das Tohuwabohu | chaos / shambles (wenig benutzt) |
| die Torarolle | a sefer Torah / Torah scroll |
| torpedieren | to torpedo |
| der Totschlag | homicide / manslaughter |
| tradiert | handed-down |
| die Tragweite | consequences / scope / momentousness |
| die Transnationalität | transnationality |
| die Transzendenz | transcendence / transcendent quality |
| die Treibhausgasneutralität | greenhouse gas neutrality |
| der Treueschwur | a pledge of allegiance |
| die Triebfeder | a mainspring / motivating force |
| das Triebwerk | power unit / engine (aviation) |
| das Trugbild | a delusion / illusion / mirage |
| überführen | to find guilty |
| die Überlieferung | lore |
| überparteilich | non-partisan |
| die Überschallgeschwindigkeit | supersonic speed |
| der Umbruch | upheaval / radical change |
| die Umwälzung | a revolution / radical change |
| unabdingbar | inalienable / indispensable |
| unablässig | unremitting / incessant / unceasing |
| unangefochten | unchallenged / uncontested |
| unantastbar | untouchable / inviolable |
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