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 Hauptspiegel | primary mirror |
| das Haushaltsgesetz | budget law |
| hausieren | to peddle / hawk von Haus zu Haus gehen und Waren zum Verkauf anbieten |
| hecheln | to heckle / pant |
| das Hedging | hedging |
| die Hegemonie | hegemony |
| hegen | to cherish |
| der Heide | gentile / pagan |
| heil | whole / safe / intact / unharmed |
| die Heiligenverehrung | veneration of saints |
| die Heiligkeit | holiness |
| die Heiligung | sanctification |
| die Heilsgeschichte | salvation history |
| heimgesucht | haunted |
| heimsuchen | to haunt / plague / attack / invade |
| heimtückisch | insidious / treacherous |
| heißersehnte | long-awaited (wenig benutzt) |
| die Hellebarde | a halberd |
| hellsichtig | clairvoyant / shrewd = having or exhibiting an ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact |
| das Hemmnis | a hindrance / impediment |
| das Henkersmahlzeit | a last meal |
| das Herbizid | herbicide |
| herkömmlich | conventional (wenig benutzt) |
| die Hermeneutik | hermeneutics |
| die Herrlichkeit | glory |
| das Herrschaftsgebiet | dominion / territory |
| heterogen | heterogeneous |
| die Heterogenität | heterogeneity |
| die Hetze | hounding / rush / hustle |
| heucheln | to be a hypocrite / feign / pretend |
| die Heuristik | heuristic |
| der Heuschober | a haystack / barn |
| der Hiat | hiatus |
| hiesig | local (wenig benutzt) |
| hieven | to heave / manhandle |
| hinfällig | invalid / untenable / lapsed |
| hingebungsvoll | devoted / dedicated |
| hinsichtlich | regarding / with regard to / concerning |
| die Hintergrundstrahlung | background radiation |
| der Hinterleib | abdomen (for bugs, wenig benutzt) |
| hinterlistig | cunning / deceitful |
| das Hirngespinst | a fantasy (wenig benutzt) |
| der Hirt | a shepherd / herdsman |
| die Histologie | histology/tissue study |
| der Historiograf | historian / chronicler |
| die Historiographie | historiography |
| der Hochmut | pride / haughtiness / arrogance |
| hochmütig | haughty / arrogant |
| das Hochparterre | raised ground floor |
| der Hochsitz | a perch |
| der Hochtöner-Lautsprecher | a tweeter |
| hochtrabend | highfalutin / pompous / pretentious |
| der Hofnarr | a court jester |
| hoheitsvoll | majestic / regal |
| das Hohelied | Song of Songs / Shir HaShirim |
| der Höhenmesser | an altimeter |
| höhnen | to jeer / mock / scoff |
| höhnisch | sneering / derisive / jeering |
| die Holocaustleugnung | holocaust denial |
| die Holunderbeere | elderberry |
| die Homeostase | homeostasis |
| die Homogenisierung | homogenization / standardization |
| die Homogenität | homogeneity |
| die Homophonie | homophony |
| horrend | horrendous / horrific |
| der Hühnerhabich | a goshawk |
| huldigen | to pay homage to |
| der Humpen | tankard / mug |
| der Hüne | a giant / colossus |
| hurtig | quick / nimble (wenig benutzt) |
| die Hyperbel | hyperbole |
| die Hyperbole | hyperbole |
| die Hypervigilanz | hypervigilance |
| die Hypothesenprüfung | hypothesis testing |
| die Hypoxie | hypoxia/oxygen deficiency |
| ikonisch | iconic |
| die Ikonografie | iconography / symbolic meaning |
| die Ikonographie | iconography |
| die Immanenz | immanence / immanent quality |
| das Imperium | empire |
| die Implementierung | an implementation |
| implizieren | to imply |
| die Impulsivität | impulsivity |
| in Anbetracht | in consideration / in view of |
| in Kraft treten | to come into effect |
| der Inbegriff | an epitome |
| die Inbrunst | fervor |
| der Indeterminismus | indeterminism / events not predetermined |
| die Indikation | indication/medical reason |
| das Induktionsverfahren | inductive reasoning |
| induzieren | to induce |
| die Infektiosität | infectiousness / communicability |
| die Inferenz | inference |
| die Inflation | inflation |
| die Infragestellung | questioning/challenging |
| die Infusion | infusion/intravenous treatment |
| die Inhaftierung | imprisonment / arrest |
| die Inhibition | inhibition / suppression |
| das Inkassobüro | debt collection agency |
| die Inklusion | inclusion |
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