German reference

German science vocabulary

117 words with English translations. 33 of them appear in the 5,000 most common German words, and the table shows exactly where each one ranks — so you can learn the ones you will actually hear first.

117words
33in the top 5,000
Germanlanguage
WordEnglishHow common
die Kraftforce#897 0.008% of speech
die Energieenergy#1230 0.005% of speech
die Schwerkraftgravityoutside the top 5,000
die Geschwindigkeitvelocity#3114 0.001% of speech
die Beschleunigungaccelerationoutside the top 5,000
die Massemass#2723 0.003% of speech
die Arbeitwork#256 0.043% of speech
die Leistungpower#2546 0.005% of speech
die Temperaturtemperature#2749 0.002% of speech
der Druckpressure#1277 0.005% of speech
die Dichtedensityoutside the top 5,000
das Volumenvolume#4848 0.001% of speech
die Wärmeheatoutside the top 5,000
die Wellewave#3254 0.001% of speech
die Elektrizitätelectricityoutside the top 5,000
der Magnetismusmagnetismoutside the top 5,000
die kinetische Energiekinetic energyoutside the top 5,000
die potentielle Energiepotential energyoutside the top 5,000
der Stromkreiscircuitoutside the top 5,000
die Ladungcharge#4851 0.001% of speech
das Atomatomoutside the top 5,000
das Molekülmoleculeoutside the top 5,000
das Elementelement#2849 0.002% of speech
die Verbindungcompound#892 0.008% of speech
die chemische Bindungchemical bondoutside the top 5,000
die chemische Reaktionchemical reactionoutside the top 5,000
die Säureacidoutside the top 5,000
die Basebaseoutside the top 5,000
der pH-WertpHoutside the top 5,000
die Lösungsolution#1289 0.005% of speech
das Lösungsmittelsolventoutside the top 5,000
der gelöste Stoffsoluteoutside the top 5,000
die Konzentrationconcentration#4103 0.001% of speech
der Katalysatorcatalystoutside the top 5,000
das Gasgasoutside the top 5,000
die Flüssigkeitliquid#4737 0.001% of speech
der Feststoffsolidoutside the top 5,000
das Periodensystemperiodic tableoutside the top 5,000
die molare Massemolar massoutside the top 5,000
das Eduktreactantoutside the top 5,000
das Produktproduct#2584 0.004% of speech
das Ionionoutside the top 5,000
das Elektronelectronoutside the top 5,000
das Protonprotonoutside the top 5,000
das Neutronneutronoutside the top 5,000
die Zellecell#1827 0.003% of speech
der Zellkernnucleusoutside the top 5,000
die Zellmembrancell membraneoutside the top 5,000
das Zytoplasmacytoplasmoutside the top 5,000
die DNADNAoutside the top 5,000
die RNARNAoutside the top 5,000
das Gewebetissueoutside the top 5,000
das Organorgan#3919 0.001% of speech
das Systemsystem#1323 0.005% of speech
der Organismusorganismoutside the top 5,000
die Artspecies#393 0.025% of speech
die Populationpopulationoutside the top 5,000
die Gemeinschaftcommunity#3053 0.002% of speech
das Ökosystemecosystemoutside the top 5,000
die Evolutionevolutionoutside the top 5,000
das Gengeneoutside the top 5,000
das Chromosomchromosomeoutside the top 5,000
die Mitosemitosisoutside the top 5,000
die Photosynthesephotosynthesisoutside the top 5,000
der Lebensraumhabitatoutside the top 5,000
die Nahrungskettefood chainoutside the top 5,000
der Stoffwechselmetabolismoutside the top 5,000
die Homöostasehomeostasisoutside the top 5,000
der Wirthostoutside the top 5,000
der Krankheitserregerpathogenoutside the top 5,000
das Universumuniverse#2108 0.002% of speech
die Galaxiegalaxyoutside the top 5,000
der Sternstaroutside the top 5,000
der Planetplanetoutside the top 5,000
der Satellitsatelliteoutside the top 5,000
der Kometcometoutside the top 5,000
der Asteroidasteroidoutside the top 5,000
das Schwarze Lochblack holeoutside the top 5,000
der Nebelnebula#4625 0.001% of speech
das Sonnensystemsolar systemoutside the top 5,000
die Umlaufbahnorbitoutside the top 5,000
das Teleskoptelescopeoutside the top 5,000
die Sonnesun#962 0.007% of speech
der Mondmoon#1543 0.004% of speech
die Finsterniseclipseoutside the top 5,000
das Sternbildconstellationoutside the top 5,000
der Meteoritmeteoriteoutside the top 5,000
der Kosmoscosmosoutside the top 5,000
der Ereignishorizontevent horizonoutside the top 5,000
das Lichtjahrlight-yearoutside the top 5,000
das Observatoriumobservatoryoutside the top 5,000
die Weltraumforschungspace explorationoutside the top 5,000
die Erdeplanet earthoutside the top 5,000
die Atmosphäreatmosphere#3479 0.001% of speech
das Klimaclimateoutside the top 5,000
das Wetterweather#1819 0.003% of speech
das Gesteinrockoutside the top 5,000
der Bodensoil#686 0.011% of speech
der Ozeanocean#4869 0.001% of speech
der Kontinentcontinent#4599 0.001% of speech
der Vulkanvolcanooutside the top 5,000
das Erdbebenearthquakeoutside the top 5,000
die Erosionerosionoutside the top 5,000
das Sedimentsedimentoutside the top 5,000
der Globusglobeoutside the top 5,000
der Wasserkreislaufwater cycleoutside the top 5,000
die Ozonschichtozone layeroutside the top 5,000
die Geothermiegeothermal energyoutside the top 5,000
das Mineralmineraloutside the top 5,000
der Bergmountainoutside the top 5,000
der Flussriver#1475 0.004% of speech
der Seelake#1243 0.005% of speech
die ErdkrusteEarth's crustoutside the top 5,000
der ErdkernEarth's coreoutside the top 5,000
die tektonische Plattetectonic plateoutside the top 5,000
das Fossilfossiloutside the top 5,000
der saure Regenacid rainoutside the top 5,000

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