Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List, A1 to C2, Words 541–600
Words 541 to 600 of 2,742, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,742
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114
at A1
167
at A2
397
at B1
- füttern to feed (to give food to); to line (to cover the inner surface of a garment or bag)
- loben to praise
- fließen to flow
- beantragen to apply for; to request, to propose
- vorschlagen to propose, to suggest
- überfahren to run over, to run down; to go through, to overshoot
- unterrichten to teach, to school; to inform
- einbrechen to break in (for example, to steal something); to break down
- korrigieren to correct; to examine a written test or assignment and add corrective notes to it; (by…
- bremsen to brake, slow down, decelerate
- operieren to operate (perform operation)
- abstimmen to vote; to run something by someone, to get approval for
- umarmen to embrace, to hug
- beleidigen to offend, to insult, to annoy
- wundern to surprise, to astonish (of sights, behaviors, outcomes); to be surprised
- erfordern to necessitate, to require
- hinweisen to indicate; to point out
- absagen to cancel, to call off (an activity or event); to decline
- ablehnen to decline, refuse, reject, turn down
- genehmigen to permit, to sanction, to approve
- einnehmen to take, take up, assume, span (a position, space, area); to take, to have (food, drink,…
- vorkommen to appear, to occur (in a given location or situation); to occur, to happen (with some…
- anschließen to connect, to attach; to join
- klettern to climb (e.g. up a tree)
- zunehmen to increase; to gain weight
- erholen to relax, to recover, to recuperate
- bluten to bleed
- abhängen to depend (as a necessary condition); to hang out
- rauchen to smoke, give off smoke; to smoke (tobacco etc.)
- aufregen to excite; to upset; to get upset, to get worked up about something
- festlegen to set, to determine; to commit oneself to… (sich auf … festlegen )
- einführen to introduce, to begin (a new law, custom, style, etc.); to insert (especially a foreign…
- abonnieren to subscribe (to a newspaper, a [social media/TV] channel, etc.); to follow (e.g., on…
- beschließen to conclude, end; to terminate; to resolve, decide, determine
- erziehen to nurture; to educate
- vorlesen to read (aloud)
- mischen to mix; to shuffle
- ernähren to nourish, to feed; to eat
- erfinden to invent; to fabricate (something untrue); to make up (a story)
- berechnen to calculate; to compute
- markieren to mark (indicate); to tag (to mention a friend to notify)
- zusagen to accept, to promise to come; to pledge, to promise
- eintreten to enter, to come into; to occur, to eventuate
- eignen to suit, to be apt for; [with dative] to be own to someone, to be characteristic
- backen to bake; to roast; to fry
- reinigen to clean
- transportieren to transport
- zweifeln to doubt, to be doubtful
- untersagt past participle of untersagen
- wiegen to weigh; to be of a certain weight; to weigh; to measure the weight of
- langweilen to bore (inspire boredom in someone); to be bored, to feel bored
- ausreichen to suffice; to last
- kopieren to copy
- einschalten to turn on, to switch on, to power up, to enable (to put a mechanism, device or system…
- schütteln to shake
- besetzen to occupy; to cast (choose someone for a performing part)
- widersprechen to object; to disagree; to contradict
- nähen to sew
- verwechseln to mix up; to confuse or mistake something for something else
- beschränken to limit; to restrict; to limit oneself
Common questions
How many German verbs should I know?
This list holds 2,742 verbs graded A1 to C2. 281 of them fall in A1–A2, which is the set worth knowing cold before anything else.
Are the verb forms included?
Yes. Every verb entry lists the third-person present, the preterite and the past participle, plus whether it takes haben or sein in the perfect. Those four pieces are enough to build every tense.
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