German C1 — Advanced Vocabulary
161 C1 words in “Nature & Weather”.
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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161 C1 words in “Nature & Weather”
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| der Aasfresser | a scavenger |
| die Abtragung | abrasion / erosion |
| der Ameisenigel | an echidna |
| das Artensterben | species extinction |
| die Artenvielfalt | biodiversity |
| das Ästuar | estuary =the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the sea |
| die Ausbuchtung | a bulge / lobe |
| ausgedörrt | parched / dried up |
| die Binsen | rushes = grass having wiry stems and sheathed panicles |
| der Biodiversitätsverlust | biodiversity loss |
| die Biotopvernetzung | biotope networking/habitat corridors |
| das Blasloch | a blowhole (whale) |
| das Blattwerk | foliage |
| der Blauhäher | bluejay |
| die Bodendegradation | soil degradation |
| die Böe | a squall / gust |
| die Brutzeit | breeding season |
| der Bürzel | a rump (on a bird) |
| die Entwaldung | deforestation |
| das Erdferkel | aardvark |
| die Eutrophierung | eutrophication |
| die Facettenauge | a compound eye |
| der Fangarm | tentacle (wenig benutzt) |
| die Färse | a heifer |
| die Fata Morgana | mirage |
| die Feuersbrunst | a conflagration |
| flaumig | fluffy / downy |
| die Fliehkraft | centrifugal force |
| die Formveränderung | shape-shifting |
| der Galaxienhaufen | a galaxy cluster |
| die Garbe | a sheaf |
| gedeihen | to thrive / flourish / develop / progress |
| der Geschmeiß | vermin (wenig benutzt) |
| das Gestirn | an orb / heavenly body / star |
| der Gischt | (sea) spray / foam / froth |
| gleißen | to glisten / gleam / flame |
| die Graupel | hailstone (wenig benutzt) |
| der Greif | a griffin |
| die Gülle | a slurry |
| der Hain | a grove |
| das Herbizid | herbicide |
| die Hintergrundstrahlung | background radiation |
| der Hühnerhabich | a goshawk |
| der Insektenfresser | insectivores |
| die Inzucht | inbreeding |
| irisierend | iridescent |
| der Kaffernbüffel | a cape buffalo |
| der Kippunkt | tipping point |
| die Klabusterbeeren | poop stuck around an animal's butt an den Haaren um den Afterbereich klebende, aus Kot bestehende Kügelchen |
| der Kohlenstoffkreislauf | carbon cycle |
| der Kopffüßer | cephalopod |
| laichen | to spawn |
| die Lamelle | slat / gill |
| die Leuchtkraft | luminosity |
| lodernd | flaming / blazing |
| die Lohe | raging flames |
| mäandern | to meander |
| malerisch | picturesque / quaint |
| der Milan | a kite (bird) |
| der Moder | mildew / decay / rot |
| der Moorschutz | peatland protection |
| der Moschus | a musk deer |
| die Myrte | myrtle |
| der Nashornvogel | a hornbill |
| der Nebelparder | a clouded leopard |
| die Normalnull | sea level (technical) |
| die Nüster | nostril (of a horse / animal) |
| der Ocker | ocher = an earthy pigment that is yellow to brown to red |
| die Osmose | osmosis |
| der Ozonabbau | ozone depletion |
| pechschwarz | pitch black |
| der Pegel | a level recorder / water depth gauge |
| pfropfen | to graft / cram / stopper |
| die Prunkewinde | morning glory |
| die Rauchfahne | smoke trail / plume |
| die Reifung | maturation / ripening |
| das Reisig | twigs / sticks / brushwood |
| die Renaturierung | ecological restoration |
| die Ringelnatter | a grass snake |
| das Rinnsal | a trickle |
| die Rispe | a panicle = a loose branching cluster of flowers, as in oats |
| roden | to clear / grub |
| das Ross | a horse / steed / mount |
| rumoren | to rumble / make a noise |
| rußig | sooty / grimy |
| schartig | notched / jagged |
| der Schierling | hemlock |
| das Schillern | iridecence / shimmering |
| die Schlacke | slag / dross |
| der Schlammspringer | a mudskipper |
| die Schleiereule | barn owl |
| der Schlick | silt / mud / ooze |
| die Schneise | a path / aisle / glade / cutline |
| der Schnepfenstrauß | kiwi (bird) |
| das Schuppentier | a pangolin |
| schuppig | scaly / flaky |
| der Schweif | tail / trail |
| der Schweinswal | porpoise |
| die Schwerelosigkeit | weightlessness |
| der Seetaucher | a loon |
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