German C1 — Advanced Vocabulary
202 C1 words in “Communication & Media”.
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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202 C1 words in “Communication & Media”
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| die Abhandlung | a treatise / discourse / pamphlet |
| das Akrostichon | acrostic |
| akzentuieren | to accentuate (stress) |
| die Allegorie | allegory |
| die Alliteration | alliteration |
| die Ambiguität | ambiguity |
| das Ammenmärchen | an old wives tale |
| die Anaphora | anaphora |
| anonymisieren | to anonymize |
| anprangern | to denounce / pillory |
| die Anspielung | an innuendo / allusion |
| anstacheln | to goad / egg on |
| die Antithese | antithesis |
| anzetteln | to instigate / stir up |
| anzüglich | suggestive / lewd |
| der Aphorismus | aphorism |
| der Archaismus | archaism |
| die Assonanz | assonance |
| der Aufmacher | a lead story / opener |
| die Authentifizierung | authentication |
| die Autorisierung | authorization |
| beiliegen | to be enclosed / inserted |
| bejahend | affirmative / positive (wenig benutzt) |
| das Bekenntnis | confession |
| beklatschen | to gossip about |
| bekritteln | to criticize / find fault with (wenig benutzt) |
| die Belletristik | fiction (wenig benutzt) |
| die Beschönigung | extenuation / beautification (lessen the seriousness by making something nicer via excuses) |
| beschwichtigend | conciliatory / placating (wenig benutzt) |
| beschwören | to conjure up / invoke / summon |
| besingen | to sing the praise of / sing about |
| beteuern | to protest / assert / reassure |
| bevormunden | to treat like a child / patronize |
| die Bezeugung | attestation (testimony) |
| die Bildlichkeit | figurativeness/imagery |
| brisant | explosive / volatile |
| brüskieren | to snub |
| der Buhruf | a boo (catcall / jeer) |
| darlegen | to set forth / explain / state |
| die Denotation | denotation |
| die Designierung | a designation |
| die Desinformation | disinformation |
| diffamieren | to defame |
| die Diktion | diction/style |
| das Diktum | dictum/pronouncement |
| der Diskurs | discourse |
| diskutabel | debatable |
| der Ehrengast | a guest of honor |
| die Ellipse | ellipsis |
| die Eloquenz | eloquence |
| die Emphase | emphasis/intensity |
| die Epistel | epistle/letter |
| erachten | to deem / consider |
| ersichtlich | apparent |
| erwiesenermaßen | proven |
| etwaig | possible / maybe (wenig benutzt) |
| die Exposition | exposure / highlight |
| die Faktenüberprüfung | fact-checking |
| der Federkiel | quill |
| die Fehldeutung | misinterpretation |
| der Foliant | a folio / tome |
| die Formensprache | formal language / style |
| die Gebärde | a gesture / sign |
| gellen | to ring / yell / shrill |
| geloben | to vow / swear / promise |
| das Geplänkel | banter |
| die Geschichtsschreibung | historiography / writing of history |
| Gleichwohl | nevertheless / nonetheless |
| heucheln | to be a hypocrite / feign / pretend |
| der Hiat | hiatus |
| hinsichtlich | regarding / with regard to / concerning |
| das Hohelied | Song of Songs / Shir HaShirim |
| höhnen | to jeer / mock / scoff |
| höhnisch | sneering / derisive / jeering |
| die Hyperbel | hyperbole |
| die Hyperbole | hyperbole |
| ikonisch | iconic |
| die Ikonographie | iconography |
| implizieren | to imply |
| in Anbetracht | in consideration / in view of |
| die Infragestellung | questioning/challenging |
| ins Rampenlicht rücken | to step into the limelight |
| die Inszenierung | staging |
| die Interpunktion | punctuation (less common) |
| der Investigativjournalismus | investigative journalism |
| inwieweit | to what extent |
| das Kauderwelsch | jibberish |
| keifen | to bicker |
| die Kohäsion | cohesion |
| Kokolores | balderdash |
| die Kollokation | collocation |
| die Kolportage | pulp fiction/serialized fiction |
| kolportieren | to spread / peddle / circulate (wenig benutzt) |
| die Konnotation | connotation |
| konnotieren | to connote |
| die Kontamination | contamination/blending |
| kritteln | to find fault / quibble quibble = a slight objection or criticism about a trivial matter |
| die Kryptographie | cryptography / code-writing |
| kurzerhand | on the spot / without further ado |
| lallen | to babble / mumble |
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machine · engine · device
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