German C1 — Advanced Vocabulary
264 C1 words in “Work & Education”.
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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264 C1 words in “Work & Education”
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| die Abhängige Variable | dependent variable |
| die Abordnung | a secondment = an arrangement where a company temporarily assigns an employee to a new position |
| abstrahieren | to abstract |
| der Ackerbau | agriculture / farming (wenig benutzt) |
| akkreditieren | to accredit |
| die Akkreditierung | accreditation |
| die Akquisition | acquisition |
| amtieren | to officiate |
| die Amtssprache | official language |
| die Anhörung | (court) hearing |
| das Anschauungsmaterial | illustrative material / visual aides |
| die Arbeitsmigration | labor migration |
| arbeitsteilig | division of labor |
| arriviert | arrived |
| ätzen | to etch / corrode / cauterize |
| die Aufarbeitung | processing / preparation |
| die Aussteifung | bracing/stiffening |
| das Axiom | axiom |
| die Befähigung | empowerment |
| der Befehlshaber | commander (leader) |
| befugt | authorized / competent |
| begutachten | to give expert advice about / eye up |
| der Beirat | an advisory council / adviser |
| der Beitel | a woodworking chisel |
| die Bewehrung | reinforcement |
| die Beweismittel | evidence/material evidence |
| beziffern | to figure / number / estimate |
| der Bias | bias |
| die Bilanzierung | accounting/balance-sheet accounting |
| die Blende | an aperture / shutter |
| das Chrom | Chromium |
| der Cluster | cluster |
| die Codierung | encoding / coding |
| die Dachgesellschaft | an umbrella company |
| die Datenvisualisierung | data visualization |
| die Deckenschalung | ceiling formwork |
| das Deduktionsverfahren | deductive reasoning |
| deduzieren | to deduce |
| die Dekodierung | decoding |
| deponieren | to deposit / put / lodge |
| designiert | designated |
| destillieren | to distill |
| die Didaktik | didactics / teaching methodology |
| die Dogmatik | dogmatics / dogmatic theology |
| der Drahtzieher | a mastermind |
| die Dramaturgie | dramaturgy |
| der Dreschflegel | a flail |
| die Druckspannung | compressive stress |
| der Durchsatz | throughput |
| die Eichung | calibration / standardization |
| einschlägig | relevant / pertinent |
| die Ekklesiologie | ecclesiology |
| der Empirismus | empiricism |
| die Endabnahme | final inspection |
| die Endlosschleife | an infinite loop |
| episch | epic |
| die Epistemologie | epistemology |
| das Erhebungsinstrument | survey instrument |
| der Erkenntnisgewinn | gain in knowledge |
| die Erweiterbarkeit | extensibility |
| der Erwerb | acquisition |
| die Erwerbsbeteiligung | labor force participation |
| die Eschatologie | eschatology |
| die Evidenz | evidence |
| die Exegese | exegesis/interpretation |
| exegetisch | exegetical |
| extrapolieren | to extrapolate |
| der Fachkräftemangel | skilled worker shortage |
| Fachterminus | a technical term (wenig benutzt) |
| der Fallensteller | a trapper / hunter |
| der Fallibilismus | fallibilism |
| die Falsifizierbarkeit | falsifiability |
| die Falsifizierung | falsification |
| die Fehlausrichtung | a misalignment |
| die Fehlertoleranz | fault tolerance |
| die Firmware | firmware |
| der Flaschenzug | a pulley / hoist |
| das Fluor | fluorine |
| der Folterknecht | a torturer |
| forensisch | forensic |
| das Forschungsdesign | research design |
| der Forschungsstand | state of research |
| fräsen | to mill |
| die Freistellung | an exemption |
| das Führungsgremium | a governing body |
| fungieren | to officiate / function |
| die Fusion | merger |
| gasförmig | gaseous |
| das Gebläse | fan / blower / compressor |
| die Gelehrsamkeit | erudition / learning / scholarliness |
| die Gemeine | a common soldier / lower case |
| das Genus | the grammatical gender |
| die Geothermie | geothermal energy |
| der Gerber | a tanner |
| der Gesandte | an envoy |
| die Gewinnbeteiligung | profit sharing |
| das Gremium | a panel / body / committee |
| die Grundgesamtheit | population |
| das Gutachten | a report / opinion (formal) |
| das Gyroskop | a gyroscope |
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