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German vocabulary B2: Quantities and measures
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Amounts, sizes and measures, and how they grow or shrink: die Mehrheit, der Anteil, die Tonne, das Ausmaß, beträchtlich and sich verdoppeln.
106 German words at level B2, with their translation.
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gerade (Zahl)
even (number)
die Spur (kleine Menge)
dash (tiny amount)also: touch, pinch, hint
die Reihe (Folge)
series (of things)also: sequence, string
die Masse
mass (quantity of matter)
der Stand (Höhe)
level (height)
die Breite
widthalso: breadth
die Ferne
distance (far-away place)
die Reichweite
reach (distance)also: range
leicht (gering)
slight (small)also: minor, small
geschätzt
estimated
knapp (kaum ausreichend)
tight (of money or time)also: scarce
knapp (gerade noch)
narrowlyalso: just
wachsend
growingalso: increasing
heftig
fierce (strong)also: violent, intense, severe, violently
gewaltig
tremendous (very large)also: enormous, huge, immense
restlich
remaining
reichen (von etw. bis etw.)
to range (from sth to sth)
schätzen (ungefähr berechnen)
to estimate (a figure)also: to reckon
erweitern
to extend (make bigger)also: to enlarge, to broaden
zurückgehen (weniger werden)
to decline (get less)also: to fall, to drop, to decrease, to go down
sich verdoppeln
to double (become twice as big)
messen (etw.)
to measure (sth)
die Fläche
area (of a surface)
zunehmend
increasingly
begrenzen (etw.)
to limit (sth)also: to restrict
umfangreich
extensive
umso
all the more
die Mehrheitalso: mehrheitlich
majority
die Anzahl
number (of things)also: quantity, count
der Anteil
share (a part)also: portion, proportion
die Minderheit
minority
der Großteil
large partalso: greater part, bulk, most
die Quote
rate (a proportion)also: proportion, percentage
erheblichalso: beträchtlich
substantialalso: considerable, significant, significantly
ausreichendalso: genügend, genug
sufficientalso: adequate, enough, adequately
bescheiden
modestalso: humble, unassuming
beträchtlichalso: erheblich
considerablealso: substantial, sizeable, significant
einnehmen (Raum)
to occupy (space)also: to take up
sich vergrößern
to widen (increase)also: to increase, to enlarge
die Sparte
division (part of a business)also: segment
das Ausmaß
extentalso: scale, magnitude
die Erweiterung
extension (making bigger)also: enlargement
das Wachstum
growth
der Anstieg
rise (noun)also: increase, climb
die Schätzung
estimate (a rough figure)also: estimation
das Maß
measurement (of size)also: measure
die Dimension
dimension
das Volumen
volume (amount)
die Tonne
tonne (metric)also: metric ton, ton
anderthalbalso: eineinhalb
one and a halfalso: one-and-a-half
sich erstrecken (über etw.)
to extend (over sth)also: to span, to cover
die Addition
addition (adding numbers)
die Ergänzung
addition (something added)also: supplement
Mini-
mini (very small)also: mini-
ungerade
odd (number)also: uneven
mindeste
slightestalso: least, smallest
unbegrenzt
unlimitedalso: limitless, boundless, unrestricted
ausweiten (etw.)
to expand (make sth bigger)also: to widen
dehnen (etw.)
to stretch (sth)
expandieren
to expand (become bigger)
dreifach
triplealso: threefold, three times
ein halbes Dutzend
half a dozenalso: half-dozen
die Stichprobe
samplealso: random sample, spot check
paarweise
in pairs
geteilt durch
divided by
zu gleichen Teilen
in equal partsalso: fifty-fifty, in equal shares
der Vorrat
supply (a stock kept)also: stock, stockpile, reserve
der Stapel
stackalso: pile
das Bruchstück
fragment (small piece)
die Unterteilung
subdivision
das Körnchen
grain (small piece)
der Armvoll
armful
das Hektaralso: der Hektar
hectare
Celsius
Celsiusalso: centigrade
metrisch
metric
das Mikrometer
micrometrealso: micrometer
das Fassungsvermögen
capacity (amount held)
die Distanzalso: die Entfernung
distance (how far)
der Höchststand
high (a peak level)also: peak
der Pegel
level (on a gauge)
der Tiefstand
low (a bottom level)also: bottom
die Verringerung
reductionalso: decrease
die Nummerierung
numbering
die Expansion
expansion
mindest-
minimum (in compounds)
schrumpfen
to shrinkalso: to get smaller
die Verlangsamung
slowdownalso: slowing down, deceleration
das Promille
per millealso: per thousand
-prozentig
per cent (in compounds)also: percent
sich belaufen (auf etw.)
to amount to (sth)also: to come to, to total, to add up to
ausgiebig
extensivelyalso: at length, thoroughly
weithin
widely (by many people)
sprunghaft
sharplyalso: rapidly, dramatically
in Massen
en massealso: in large numbers, in huge numbers
radikal zusammengestrichen
cut to the bonealso: drastically cut, slashed
Mangelware sein
to be in short supplyalso: to be scarce, to be hard to find
überfüllt
overcrowdedalso: packed, jam-packed, too full
abmessen (etw.)
to measure out (sth)also: to measure off
herauswachsen (aus etw.)
to outgrow (sth)also: to grow out of
abklingenalso: nachlassen
to subsidealso: to die down
eineinhalbalso: anderthalb
one and a halfalso: one-and-a-half
die Billion
trillion
die Unze
ounce
das Pint
pint
soundso viele
so many (an unspecified number)also: such and such a number of
zigste
umpteenthalso: umptieth
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