Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List, A1 to C2, Words 601–660
Words 601 to 660 of 2,742, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,742
entries
114
at A1
167
at A2
397
at B1
- kleben to glue; to stick
- pflegen providing care or service for someone/something; to nurse; to care for someone in poor…
- überqueren to cross, to traverse
- regeln to regulate; to control (to adjust an apparatus)
- schwitzen to sweat; to perspire (of living beings); to give off water (of things)
- protestieren to protest (to make a strong objection); to protest (to hold a rally or public protest…
- weigern to refuse
- auswählen to choose, to select, to pick
- unterstreichen to underscore, to underline
- überholen to overtake; to pass (e.g. a vehicle, a runner); to excel; to become more or better than
- anhaben to wear; to have on (a piece of clothing) see usage notes; to have turned on; to have on…
- eilen to hurry, to rush (on foot, in a determined and purposeful manner); to hurry, to hasten,…
- angeben to indicate, specify; to state, supply, give, report (data, e.g. one’s details in a…
- winken to wave one's hand; to beckon
- anwenden to use, apply, utilize or deploy (to put to use for a purpose)
- hupen to honk, to sound the horn
- abheben to lift off; to take off
- zuschauen to look on; to watch
- anstrengen to make an effort, to work hard at something, to labour; to put something to work, to…
- festsetzen to set (to determine); to arrest, to put in prison
- wetten to bet; to bet, guess (that something is the case with certainty)
- auflösen to break up, dissipate, sever; to dissolve
- tippen to tap, to strike lightly (often repeatedly); to type (on a typewriter or keyboard)
- gießen to pour; usually only of liquids, especially of large quantities; to pour; to cast; to…
- tanken to fuel, to refuel (fill a fuel tank of a vehicle); to drink a lot of alcohol
- streiken to strike (to stop working in protest); to refuse to cooperate or participate (of a…
- abbiegen to turn, to turn off; to bend, to turn (of a road, street, path, etc.)
- versäumen to miss, to omit, to fail to do something important
- ausstellen to exhibit, display; to issue, certificate
- erkälten to catch a cold
- trocknen to dry (to become dry, cease being wet); to dry (to make dry or let become dry)
- anerkennen to acknowledge, to recognize, to accept (as legally, morally or scientifically valid or…
- aufladen to load onto, to load up, to charge; to burden, to impose
- blühen to blossom or bloom; to thrive or flourish
- zurechtkommen to cope, to deal; to get on, get along
- anschnallen to fasten someone's seatbelt; to fasten one's seatbelt; to buckle up
- ankündigen to announce; to herald
- spülen to rinse or wash (dishes, clothes, etc.); (of waves, tides, etc.) to wash, to sweep…
- erkundigen to ask; to ask after, to ask about (the health or progress of)
- konsumieren to consume
- verpacken to pack; gerund of verpacken
- behindern to hinder, to impede, to obstruct
- zubereiten to prepare
- entsorgen to dispose of
- aufführen to perform (a play, a piece of music, etc.; especially on a stage); to list (to give as…
- donnern to thunder; to drum, to beat a drum
- ordnen to put in order, to order, to arrange
- verbrauchen to consume, to use up; gerund of verbrauchen
- zugehen to shut; to receive
- abwaschen to wash up (clean utensils, dishes, vegetables, etc.)
- abschreiben to transcribe, copy (reproduce writing); to plagiarize, copy
- hochladen to upload (to transfer data)
- pflanzen to plant; to cully, to put one over
- anschaffen to get, to obtain in particular by bargain; to work as a prostitute, to prostitute…
- verschreiben to prescribe (a substance); to make over; to sign over
- duzen to address informally using the pronoun du, to thou; to be on first-name terms
- unterlassen to refrain from, to eschew; to forbear, to stop doing something; to fail to do something…
- entgegenkommen to come towards the face of something or someone; to accommodate, comply with (a…
- heizen to heat
- blitzen to lighten; to flash
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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