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German B1 Anki Deck

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603 words · 593 with audio · updated 30 August 2026

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A good fit if you are preparing for the Goethe B1 exam, the level required for German citizenship. This is not the official Goethe-Institut Wortliste, which is copyrighted and not shared here. The deck is built from our own Goethe-aligned B1 curriculum.

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Illustration of the B1 German word “vertragen”, which translates to “tolerate / get along”. A grumpy walrus and a chirpy penguin squeezed into one tiny armchair, both stiffly staring ahead, flippers just touching, forced smiles.

tolerate / get along

vertragen, vertrug, hat vertragen

ich vertrage
du verträgst
er/sie/es verträgt
wir vertragen
ihr vertragt
sie/Sie vertragen

Ich vertrage keine Milch.

I can't tolerate milk.

Die beiden vertragen sich wieder.

The two get along again.

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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 battered kangaroo boxer slumped on its corner stool, eyes crossed, tongue lolling, limply flings a white towel into the boxing ring with one red glove.
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”. Famous circus act: a tightrope walker rides a unicycle along a wire high under the big top, serene; the ringmaster below is astonished.
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”. In a museum a young woman, seen from the side, gazes up at a towering marble statue, hands clasped at her chest, eyebrows lifted, mouth open in starry-eyed awe.
bewundern

/bəˈvʊndɐn/

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