Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List, A1 to C2, Words 661–720
Words 661 to 720 of 2,742, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,742
entries
114
at A1
167
at A2
397
at B1
- dekorieren to decorate
- entschließen to decide
- umtauschen to exchange; to return (bring back a bought item to the seller)
- feststehen to stand firm
- einzahlen to deposit (to put money or funds into an account)
- abmachen to agree on, to settle on, to make (an appointment); to remove, to take off, to unfasten
- ausdrucken to print out
- nachschlagen to look up; to take after
- faulenzen to laze
- staubsaugen to vacuum (to use a vacuum cleaner); vacuuming, vacuum cleaning
- siezen to you (address formally using the pronoun Sie).
- zelten to camp, tent (to stay in the outdoors in a tent)
- verpflegen to feed, nourish, especially a group away from home (e.g. travellers, workers, soldiers,…
- grillieren to grill
- campte
- geboren werden to be born
- kreuzt an
- kreuzte an
- jagen to hunt (game); to chase, chase after (to follow at speed)
- hinterlassen to leave, to leave behind (after leaving a location); to leave, to leave behind, to be…
- verstärken to reinforce; to amplify
- entführen to abduct, kidnap, seize (a person or animal); to hijack (a vehicle)
- erfolgen to happen, occur, take place; to follow, ensue
- kapieren to understand intellectually; to get; to grasp
- verfolgen to pursue, to follow, to hunt; to chase
- feuern to fire; to fire (terminate employment)
- übertragen to transfer, transmit; to translate
- bestimmen to determine
- ergeben to yield, produce; to make sense
- wachen to be awake; to watch, to guard
- hingehen to go (elsewhere, to somewhere); (of time) to pass
- belassen to leave something as it is
- bewohnen to inhabit, to occupy
- vergeben to forgive; to assign; to allocate; to give (a job); to give or set (a task); to award…
- herrschen to rule, to reign, to have dominion; to exist, to be going on (of noticeable large-scale…
- zulassen to allow; (administrative) to license (a car, a professional); to admit (a student)
- schnappen to snap (with one’s mouth); to breathe, gasp
- angehen to concern, regard; to tackle (a problem); to start (a project); to enter into; to get…
- weitermachen go on, keep going, continue to do something
- investieren to invest (time, money, etc.); to invest (to ceremonially install someone in some office)
- zurückkommen to return (to come back)
- betreffen to concern, to have to do with or affect a business of; to encounter
- trauen to trust; to marry (to officiate a marriage ceremony)
- reinkommen to come in
- antun to put on, to dress; to do something to someone
- begraben to bury (also figuratively)
- klauen to steal; stealing
- abhauen to cut off (with a cutting weapon); to leave abruptly, to do a runner
- anhalten to stop (cease moving); to continue, to last
- ertragen to bear, to stand, to endure, to take, to suffer, to tolerate, to handle
- entspannen to relax
- existieren to exist
- befreien to free (make free), to liberate; to escape
- bilden to form, to train; to educate oneself
- beten to pray
- herkommen to come over, come here (towards the speaker); to come from
- riskieren to risk
- vernichten to destroy; to ruin; to wreck; to annihilate; to benothing; to eradicate; to extinguish…
- spiegeln to mirror
- einsetzen to put in; set in; insert; to implant
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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