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German A2 Vocabulary List

602 German A2 words from the official Goethe Wortliste — with gender color-coding, English translations, and a free PDF. They cover travel, health, work, and shopping, building on your A1 base toward the A2 level.

A curated set of the most useful words — the full official Goethe A2 Wortliste has around 1,300. Full breakdown below.

Every word is a memory-palace flashcard — a vivid scene with der/die/das color-coded so the gender sticks.

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Illustration of the A2 German word “die Abkürzung”, which translates to “abbreviation”. A traveler walking through a magical door painted on a wall that instantly transports them from a jagged mountain peak to a beach shore.
die Abkürzung

[diː ˈapˌkʏʁt͡sʊŋ]

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Illustration of the A2 German word “die Absage”, which translates to “cancellation, decline”. A crestfallen birthday cake with sad, drooping candles watches as a giant, gloved hand slides a big red X across his invitation, leaving him weeping buckets of frosting onto the floor.
die Absage

[diː ˈapˌzaːɡə]

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Illustration of the A2 German word “absagen”, which translates to “to cancel, decline”. A gnome in a top hat pops a floating party-invitation balloon with a pin, then waves goodbye with a sad little shrug.
absagen

/ˈapˌzaːɡn̩/

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Illustration of the A2 German word “anfangen”, which translates to “to begin, to start”. A clockwork tortoise winds its own key, gears clicking into motion for the very first time.
anfangen

/ˈanˌfaŋən/

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Illustration of the A2 German word “anrufen”, which translates to “to call (phone)”. A telephone shaped like a seashell, where speaking into it releases a glowing bubble that travels through the air to reach a distant friend.
anrufen

/ˈanˌʁuːfn̩/

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Illustration of the A2 German word “die Ansage”, which translates to “announcement, outgoing message”. A wooden megaphone perched on a cloud, speaking bubbles of golden light that drift down to tell people secret, happy messages.
die Ansage

[diː ˈanˌzaːɡə]

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Illustration of the A2 German word “die App”, which translates to “app”. A tiny, frantic wizard inside a smartphone screen is desperately juggling glowing, colorful floating icons, sweat dripping down his nose as he tries to keep the app from crashing.
die App

[diː ap]

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Illustration of the A2 German word “aufhören”, which translates to “to stop, to cease”. A hamster on a wheel hits an invisible wall and stops dead, paws out, with a wide-eyed surprised expression.
aufhören

/ˈaʊfˌhøːʁən/

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Illustration of the A2 German word “bekommen”, which translates to “to receive, to get”. A pair of open hands catching a falling star that gently turns into a warm, glowing parcel tied with a ribbon of light.
bekommen

[bə'kɔmən]

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Illustration of the A2 German word “beleidigen”, which translates to “to insult”. A snooty peacock in a monocle turns his nose up, aiming a tiny, sharp-edged speech bubble at a weeping, giant-eared donkey, whose face is twisted in comic, wounded disbelief.
beleidigen

[bə'laɪdɪɡən]

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Illustration of the A2 German word “benutzen”, which translates to “to use”. A confused squirrel finds a discarded tuba; with fierce determination, it uses the instrument as a giant, shiny bed, curling up inside the bell while wearing a tiny sleeping cap.
benutzen

[bə'nʊtsən]

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Illustration of the A2 German word “der Brief”, which translates to “letter”. An envelope sprouts paper wings, tucks a glowing heart under one wing, and swoops low over rooftops on its delivery run.
der Brief

/bʁiːf/

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Illustration of the A2 German word “der Chat”, which translates to “chat”. Two squirrels perched on separate fluffy clouds toss a glowing ball of light back and forth, giggling with every catch.
der Chat

/t͡ʃat/

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Illustration of the A2 German word “chatten”, which translates to “to chat”. Two teapots-with-faces on opposite lily pads pass steaming bubbles back and forth across the water.
chatten

['ʃatən]

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Illustration of the A2 German word “das Cybermobbing”, which translates to “cyberbullying”. A person surrounded by angry, floating digital emojis that turn into soft, harmless bubbles when the person blows them away with a gentle breath.
das Cybermobbing

[ˈsaɪbɐˌmɔbɪŋ]

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Illustration of the A2 German word “dass”, which translates to “that (conjunction)”. A giant, glowing glass bridge connecting two clouds, with the word 'DASS' carved into the bridge to link two floating islands.
dass

[das]

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Illustration of the A2 German word “diskutieren”, which translates to “to discuss”. Two clouds facing each other, exchanging colorful bubbles of thought that pop and turn into tiny blooming flowers in the sky.
diskutieren

[dɪskuˈti:rən]

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Illustration of the A2 German word “dringend”, which translates to “urgent”. A hummingbird in a tiny firefighter helmet hovers in a frantic, urgent blur, wings a panicked smear of motion.
dringend

/'dʁɪŋn̩t/

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Illustration of the A2 German word “die E-Mail”, which translates to “email”. A glowing digital paper airplane made of blue light, zipping through a fiber-optic forest to land perfectly in a silver inbox.
die E-Mail

/diː eːˈmɛɪl/

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Illustration of the A2 German word “einladen”, which translates to “to invite”. A cozy front door floating in mid-air, spilling a warm, inviting glow and a red carpet that unfurls across a field of clouds.
einladen

['aɪnˌla:dən]

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Goethe A2 Wortliste (word list)

The official Goethe-Institut A2 Wortliste lists around 1,300 words, cumulative with A1. This A2 tier covers 602 of the most useful words as memory-palace flashcards - a curated set drawn from the Goethe lists, not the official list itself. Use the A1 tab above for the earlier level.

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