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 |
|---|---|
| der Flaschenzug | a pulley / hoist |
| flaumig | fluffy / downy |
| das Fleckfieber | typhus / spotted fever |
| fleddern | to ferret through / scavenge / rummage through / rob |
| flegelhaft | boorish / oafish |
| fletschen | to bare (wenig benutzt) |
| die Fliehkraft | centrifugal force |
| die Flüchtigkeit | volatility |
| die Flugbahn | trajectory / flight path |
| das Fluor | fluorine |
| der Föderalismus | federalism |
| folgerichtig | consequential |
| der Foliant | a folio / tome |
| der Folterknecht | a torturer |
| der Fonds | a fund / government bond |
| forensisch | forensic |
| formbar | malleable |
| die Formensprache | formal language / style |
| die Formveränderung | shape-shifting |
| forsch | brisk / rigorous / dashing |
| das Forschungsdesign | research design |
| der Forschungsstand | state of research |
| fortan | from this time on / henceforth |
| die Fraktionierung | fragmentation |
| fräsen | to mill |
| freigiebig | freely |
| die Freiheitsstrafe | custodial sentence / imprisonment |
| freimütig | outspoken / frank / open |
| der Freispruch | acquittal |
| die Freistellung | an exemption |
| der Freitod | suicide (wenig benutzt) |
| die Fremdenfeindlichkeit | xenophobia |
| frevelhaft | sinful / sacrilegious / wanton |
| der Frevler | a sinner / wicked person (wenig benutzt) |
| fristen | to eke out / get with great effort |
| frohlocken | to gloat / exult / rejoice |
| die Frömmigkeit | piety / godliness / devoutness |
| der Frömmler | a bigot |
| das Fruchtwasser | amniotic fluid |
| die Früherkennung | early detection |
| fuchteln | to wave about / brandish |
| das Führungsgremium | a governing body |
| das Fuhrwerk | horse and cart |
| fungieren | to officiate / function |
| der Fürsprecher | an advocate |
| das Furunkel | a boil (skin condition) |
| die Fusion | merger |
| die Fußgewölbe | the arch of the foot |
| das Futteral | case / sheath for a weapon |
| der Galaxienhaufen | a galaxy cluster |
| die Garbe | a sheaf |
| die Garnison | a garrison = a fortified place with troops, guns, etc |
| garstig | nasty / horrible / unlovely |
| gasförmig | gaseous |
| der Gau | a gau / district Gau = region within Germany |
| die Gaunerei | trickery / fraud |
| das Gebälk | timbers |
| die Gebärde | a gesture / sign |
| das Gebaren | behavior / conduct (wenig benutzt) |
| der Gebärmutterhals | cervix |
| die Gebeine | bones / relics |
| das Gebläse | fan / blower / compressor |
| die Geborgenheit | secureness / security (wenig benutzt) |
| gebrandschatzt | pillaged / plundered |
| gebräuchlich | common / customary / usual |
| die Gebrechen | infirmity / affliction |
| gebührend | due / proper / befitting / suitable |
| der Gedankengang | train of thought |
| die Gedankenstörung | thought disorder |
| gedankenversunken | lost in thought |
| gedanklich | intellectual / imaginary |
| gedeihen | to thrive / flourish / develop / progress |
| die Gedenkstätte | a memorial (wenig benutzt) |
| gediegen | sterling / high quality |
| gefeit | immune (wenig benutzt) |
| geflissentlich | studious / deliberate / intentional |
| die Gefolgschaft | fealty / loyalty / allegiance |
| die Gefüge | structure / grain |
| gefügig | submissive / obedient |
| die Gegebenheit | a fact / condition / actuality |
| die Gegenwehr | resistance (wenig benutzt) |
| die Gehrock | frock / coat |
| geißeln | to scourge / whip Scourge = to beat someone with a whip as a punishment |
| die Gelassenheit | serenity / composure / calm |
| die Geldpolitik | monetary policy |
| die Gelehrsamkeit | erudition / learning / scholarliness |
| die Gelenkigkeit | agility / nimbleness |
| gellen | to ring / yell / shrill |
| geloben | to vow / swear / promise |
| das Gelübde | a vow |
| das Gemach | chamber (e.g., came to my chambers) |
| der Gemahl | husband / spouse |
| das Gemäuer | masonry/stonework |
| die Gemeine | a common soldier / lower case |
| das Gemeinwohl | the common good |
| das Gemetzel | slaughter / carnage / massacre |
| genesen | to recover / recuperate |
| die Genetik | genetics |
| die Genialität | ingeniousness / genius |
| der Genosse | comrade / mate / companion |
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