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German B1 Anki Deck

A free Anki deck built from our Goethe-aligned B1 curriculum vocabulary — gender-colored nouns, pronunciation audio, and example sentences on every card. B1 is the level required for German citizenship.

603 words, 593 with audio, updated 30 August 2026

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Illustration of the B1 German word “-los”, which translates to “suffix meaning 'without'”. A sock puppet peels off its sock and holds up the completely bare hand, now utterly without its covering.
-los

/ˌloːs/

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Illustration of the B1 German word “arbeitslos”, which translates to “unemployed”. A weary, middle-aged badger in a pinstripe suit sits on a park bench, sadly staring at a briefcase overflowing with empty sandwich wrappers, while his desk chair rolls past in the background looking for a new owner.
arbeitslos

/ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡sloːs/

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Illustration of the B1 German word “aufgeben”, which translates to “to give up”. A tiny, exhausted snail in a marathon sits down on a checkered finish line, sighs heavily, and hangs a literal white flag over its shell while a butterfly zips past in the distance.
aufgeben

/ˈaʊ̯fˌɡeːbn̩/

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Illustration of the B1 German word “aufwachsen”, which translates to “to grow up”. Close-up of one small fox cub standing against a doorframe measuring-post, its own shadow cast tall behind it showing a full-grown fox — the little one and the grown-up it is becoming, side by side.
aufwachsen

/ˈaʊ̯fˌvaksn̩/

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Illustration of the B1 German word “außergewöhnlich”, which translates to “extraordinary, exceptional”. A humble grey pigeon dons a sparkly, feathered tiara and velvet cape, strutting with smug pride as a crowd of ordinary grey pigeons faints in collective, jaw-dropping shock.
außergewöhnlich

/ˈaʊ̯sɐɡəˌvøːnlɪç/

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Illustration of the B1 German word “beeinflussen”, which translates to “to influence”. Close-up of a fox sweeping one huge glowing paintbrush across a grey sky, and wherever the bright stroke lands the whole world below shifts into warm vivid colour.
beeinflussen

/bəˈʔaɪ̯nˌflʊsn̩/

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Illustration of the B1 German word “berühmt”, which translates to “famous”. A smug pigeon in sunglasses struts a red carpet, chest puffed to bursting, as a mob of squealing sparrows faints and tumbles over the velvet rope behind it.
berühmt

/bəˈʁyːmt/

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Illustration of the B1 German word “bewundern”, which translates to “to admire”. A child standing before a colossal soap bubble that reflects an entire galaxy inside it, mouth open in silent, wide-eyed wonder.
bewundern

/bəˈvʊndɐn/

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The front shows the German word — nouns are colored by gender (der = blue, die = pink, das = green) — with pronunciation audio where available. The back shows the English translation, IPA pronunciation when we have it, and a real example sentence in German and English.

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