German C1 — Advanced Vocabulary
106 C1 words in “Everyday Actions”.
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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106 C1 words in “Everyday Actions”
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| abnötigen | to wring from / force |
| abwetzen | to scuff / wear down |
| anstiften | to instigate |
| arretieren | to lock (wenig benutzt) |
| die Attrappe | a dummy |
| aufrauen | to roughen (up) |
| aufschichten | to pile up / build up |
| ausfeilen | to file down / file out / polish |
| ausfransen | to fray / ravel / frazzle |
| auslöschen | to obliterate / snuff out / erase |
| ausloten | to plumb the depths of / fathom |
| aussondern | to weed out / separate out |
| austarieren | to tare / balance out |
| befeuern | to fuel (wenig benutzt) |
| begradigen | to straighten |
| benetzen | to wet / moisten |
| bersten | to burst |
| beschleichen | to creep up on / stalk |
| besudeln | to sully / befoul / soil |
| bewerkstelligen | to contrive / accomplish |
| der Blasebalg | bellows |
| blecken | to dart / flash (wenig benutzt) |
| einfassen | to wall / mount / edge / border (wenig betnutzt) |
| einflechten | to weave in / work in |
| einkeilen | to jam in / sandwich / box in |
| einpferchen | to coop up / pen in |
| einweben | to weave in |
| empor | aloft / up / upward |
| entfachen | to whip up (e.g., food) |
| entfesseln | to unleash |
| entgleiten | to glide away |
| entledigen | to get rid of / release |
| entreißen | to snatch / wrest from |
| entriegeln | to unlatch |
| entrollen | to unfurl / unroll |
| entsenden | to send / dispatch |
| entstellen | to disfigure / distort / garble |
| entweichen | to escape / leak |
| entwinden | to unwind |
| erbeuten | to prey on / pillage / get away with |
| erdolchen | to stab / knife |
| erklimmen | to climb to / scale |
| erlahmen | to flag / grow weary / weaken |
| ersaufen | to be flooded / drown |
| der Firlefanz | trumpery / fooling around (wenig benutzt) |
| fleddern | to ferret through / scavenge / rummage through / rob |
| fristen | to eke out / get with great effort |
| fuchteln | to wave about / brandish |
| gebräuchlich | common / customary / usual |
| geflissentlich | studious / deliberate / intentional |
| geißeln | to scourge / whip Scourge = to beat someone with a whip as a punishment |
| harren | to await (wenig benutzt) |
| die Hetze | hounding / rush / hustle |
| hieven | to heave / manhandle |
| jaulen | to yelp / yowl |
| juckeln | to fidget / drive around slowly |
| kaschieren | to conceal / laminate |
| kerben | to notch / carve |
| kreieren | to create (less common) |
| lädieren | to damage (wenig benutzt) |
| malträtieren | to maltreat |
| mühselig | toilsome / arduous |
| nivellieren | to level off |
| piken | to prick |
| pofen | to crash / snooze / kip / sleep |
| sacht | gently / soft / gingerly (wenig benutzt) |
| scheppernd | rattling |
| die Schliere | a streak |
| schwärzen | to blacken |
| schwelen | to smoulder |
| schwemmen | to wash / soak / rinse |
| speien | to spit / spew / spout |
| staksen | to teeter / hobble |
| stieren | to stare / gape / eye (wenig benutzt) |
| thronen | to sit enthroned / sit in state |
| torkeln | to lurch / reel / stagger (wenig benutzt) |
| trachten | to strive / aspire |
| tunlichst | if possible |
| überschwappen | to splash over / spill over / slop over |
| umschlingen | to wrap around / entwine |
| unbehelligt | unmolested / unchecked |
| untergetaucht | submerged |
| verätzt | corroded |
| verbarrikadieren | to barricade |
| verewigen | to perpetuate / immortalize |
| verfangen | to catch on / entangle |
| verharren | to remain / stay / pause |
| verheddern | to tangle up / foul (wenig benutzt) |
| verkehren | to consort / have intercourse |
| verkeilen | to wedge |
| verkohlen | to char / burn to a cinder |
| verlöschen | to be dissolved / fade / die |
| vermöbeln | to shellack / thrash / beat up |
| verplempern | to fritter away (waste / squander) |
| verschanzen | to entrench (fortify) |
| Verschlimmbessern | to make things worse (in order to improve it) |
| verströmen | to exude / emit |
| vertilgen | to devour / destroy / polish off / exterminate |
| verzahnen | to interlock / dovetail |
| weilen | to soujourn / reside |
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