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 Entwürdigung | degradation / abasement |
| die Entwurzelung | uprooting/displacement |
| die Epidemiologie | epidemiology |
| episch | epic |
| die Epistel | epistle/letter |
| die Epistemologie | epistemology |
| das Epos | an epic (e.g., poem) |
| erachten | to deem / consider |
| erbeuten | to prey on / pillage / get away with |
| das Erbgut | heritage / interitance / genotype |
| erdenklich | imaginable / conceivable |
| das Erdferkel | aardvark |
| erdolchen | to stab / knife |
| die Ergebenheit | devotion / submissiveness |
| ergehen | to endure / fare |
| ergötzen | to delight / regal |
| erhaben | sublime / exalted |
| die Erhabenheit | illustriousness |
| das Erhebungsinstrument | survey instrument |
| der Erkenntnisgewinn | gain in knowledge |
| erklimmen | to climb to / scale |
| erlahmen | to flag / grow weary / weaken |
| der Erlass | enactment (decree) |
| erlassen | to issue / enact / pass |
| erlegen | to shoot / kill / bag |
| erliegen | to succumb / be the victim of |
| ermächtigen | to empower / enable |
| der Ermessensspielraum | discretionary scope / margin of discretion |
| erpicht | keen / eager |
| die Erreichung | attainment / achievement |
| ersaufen | to be flooded / drown |
| erschauern | to shiver / shudder / tremble |
| erschwerend | aggravating |
| ersichtlich | apparent |
| die Erwägung | consideration |
| die Erweiterbarkeit | extensibility |
| der Erwerb | acquisition |
| die Erwerbsbeteiligung | labor force participation |
| erwiesenermaßen | proven |
| der Erzengel | an archangel |
| erzürnen | to incense / anger |
| die Eschatologie | eschatology |
| eschatologisch | eschatological |
| der Estrich | screed/floor |
| die Etiopathogenese | etiopathogenesis |
| etlich | quite a few |
| etwaig | possible / maybe (wenig benutzt) |
| die Euthanasie | euthanasia / mercy-killing |
| die Eutrophierung | eutrophication |
| die Evidenz | evidence |
| die Exazerbation | exacerbation/worsening |
| die Exegese | exegesis/interpretation |
| exegetisch | exegetical |
| die Exklusion | exclusion |
| die Exposition | exposure / highlight |
| die Externalisierung | externalization |
| extrapolieren | to extrapolate |
| die Extrovertiertheit | extroversion |
| die Facettenauge | a compound eye |
| facettenreich | multifaceted |
| der Fachkräftemangel | skilled worker shortage |
| Fachterminus | a technical term (wenig benutzt) |
| fadenscheinig | threadbare / specious / worn out |
| fahl | pale / sallow |
| fahrbar | mobile (wenig benutzt) |
| der Fährtenleser | a tracker |
| das Faible | a penchant / liking / weakness penchant = a strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something. |
| die Faktenüberprüfung | fact-checking |
| der Fallensteller | a trapper / hunter |
| das Fallgitter | portcullis |
| der Fallibilismus | fallibilism |
| die Falsifizierbarkeit | falsifiability |
| die Falsifizierung | falsification |
| der Fangarm | tentacle (wenig benutzt) |
| die Färse | a heifer |
| die Fata Morgana | mirage |
| die Fäulnis | rot / decay / putrefaction |
| der Federkiel | quill |
| das Fegefeuer | purgatory |
| die Fehde | a feud |
| die Fehlausrichtung | a misalignment |
| der Fehlbetrag | shortfall / deficit |
| die Fehldeutung | misinterpretation |
| die Fehlertoleranz | fault tolerance |
| feilbieten | to offer for sale / peddle |
| die Feindseligkeit | hostility / animosity / malevolence |
| feinsinnig | fine / subtle |
| feixen | to smirk |
| die Fensterlaibung | window jamb |
| die Feuerprobe | ordeal / trial by fire |
| die Feuersbrunst | a conflagration |
| die Feuertaufe | baptism of fire / trial by fire |
| die Fibrillation | fibrillation |
| die Figuration | figuration / representational art |
| der Firlefanz | trumpery / fooling around (wenig benutzt) |
| die Firmware | firmware |
| die Fiskalpolitik | fiscal policy |
| der Fiskus | tax authority/treasury |
| die Flächenversiegelung | soil sealing / land use conversion |
| der Fladen | a cowpie / rout flat dough of cake |
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