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 Genotyp | genotype |
| der Genozid | genocide (literal) |
| die Genugtuung | satisfaction / gratification |
| das Genus | the grammatical gender |
| die Geothermie | geothermal energy |
| die Gepflogenheit | custom / practice / tradition |
| das Geplänkel | banter |
| der Gerber | a tanner |
| die Gerichtbarkeit | jurisdiction / judicial authority |
| die Gerichtsbarkeit | a jurisdiction |
| die Gesamtheit | entirety / totality |
| der Gesandte | an envoy |
| die Geschäftsunfähigkeit | lack of legal capacity |
| die Geschichtsschreibung | historiography / writing of history |
| die Geschlossenheit | unity / cohesion |
| die Geschmeidigkeit | smoothness / suppleness |
| der Geschmeiß | vermin (wenig benutzt) |
| das Geschöpf | creating / being / creation |
| das Geschwader | a squadron / fleet |
| die Geschwulst | a tumor / lump / growth |
| der Gesetzgeber | legislator / legislature |
| die Gesetzgebungskompetenz | legislative authority / legislative competence |
| das Gesetzgebungsverfahren | legislative process |
| das Gesims | cornice |
| die Gesinnung | an attitude / ethos / way of thinking |
| das Gespür | flair (wenig benutzt) |
| gestelzt | stilted |
| das Gestirn | an orb / heavenly body / star |
| der Gewahrsam | custody (safekeeping) |
| die Gewaltenteilung | separation of powers |
| die Gewaltlosigkeit | nonviolence |
| das Gewand | garment / garb |
| die Gewandtheit | nimbleness / deftness |
| die Gewinnbeteiligung | profit sharing |
| die Gicht | gout = a type of inflammatory arthritis that causes pain and swelling in your joints |
| gieren | to lust / yaw |
| gipsen | to plaster / cast |
| der Gischt | (sea) spray / foam / froth |
| glanzvoll | brilliant / sparkling / glittering |
| gleichförmig | of the same shape |
| der Gleichgewichtssinn | sense of balance |
| die Gleichgewichtsstörung | balance disorder |
| die Gleichgültigkeit | indifference / apathy |
| gleichmütig | serene / composed |
| Gleichwohl | nevertheless / nonetheless |
| gleißen | to glisten / gleam / flame |
| der Glimmerstein | mica (stone) |
| glimpflich | mild / lenient / light |
| die Glomerulonephritis | glomerulonephritis/kidney inflammation |
| der Gobelin | a goblin / tapestry |
| gönnerhaft | patronizing = apparently kind or helpful but betraying a feeling of superiority; condescending |
| die Gottheit | deity / divinity |
| die Gottlosigkeit | godlessness / impiety |
| der Götzendienst | idolatry |
| der Gral | a grail / cup |
| der Gram | grief / sorrow |
| grämen | to grieve |
| der Gräuel | abomination |
| die Gräueltat | an atrocity / outrage |
| die Graupel | hailstone (wenig benutzt) |
| der Greif | a griffin |
| der Greis | an old man |
| das Gremium | a panel / body / committee |
| das Grenzregime | border regime |
| grenzwertig | borderline |
| der Groschen | a groschen / penny / cent = a small coin |
| die Größenordnung | an order of magnitude |
| der Größenwahn | megalomania / delusions of grandeur |
| die Gruft | crypt / tomb / vault |
| die Grundgesamtheit | population |
| das Grundgesetz | constitution / basic charter |
| die Gülle | a slurry |
| das Gutachten | a report / opinion (formal) |
| das Gyroskop | a gyroscope |
| die Habilitationsschrift | habilitation thesis |
| habilitieren | to pursue post-doctoral qualification |
| die Habituation | habituation |
| der Habitus | habitus / disposition |
| die Habseligkeit | belongings / possessions |
| die Haft | detention / custody / imprisonment |
| der Haftbefehl | a warrant |
| die Haftung | liability |
| der Haftungsausschluss | a disclaimer |
| hager | gaunt / lean / thin |
| der Hain | a grove |
| halsbrecherisch | breakneck (e.g., speed) |
| der Halunke | scoundrel / rascal |
| hämisch | gloating / spiteful |
| der Handlanger | henchman / handy-man |
| die Handlungsunfähigkeit | incapacity to act |
| die Handwurzel | wrist / carpus (wenig benutzt) |
| hanebüchen | outrageous / scandalous / wicked (wenig benutzt) |
| die Häresie | heresy |
| der Häretiker | a heretic |
| die Harmonik | harmonic structure |
| harren | to await (wenig benutzt) |
| der Hartweizen | durum wheat |
| Hauptaugenmerk | main focus (wenig benutzt) |
| die Hauptplatine | a motherboard |
| der Hauptspeicher | main memory / RAM |
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