Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List — A1 to C2 — Words 841–900
Continuing the list — words 841 to 900 of 1,897, still commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
1,897
entries
45
at A1
137
at A2
227
at B1
Each row links to the word's full entry — meanings, forms, examples and audio — on its own level page.
- verhaften to stop moving and instead stick, or make or become bound (more or less literally or…
- anhalten to stop (cease moving); to continue, to last
- vernichten to destroy; to ruin; to wreck; to annihilate; to benothing; to eradicate; to extinguish…
- verpassen to miss (be late for; be unable to use or attend); to miss (fail to hit or reach)
- überlassen to relinquish something (definitely or temporarily) and leave it to someone else; to…
- übergeben to hand over; to vomit, to throw up
- wetten to bet; to bet, guess (that something is the case with certainty)
- befinden to occupy a place; to be located; to be situated; to find, to consider, to deem
- irren to err, to be wrong, to be mistaken; to mislead
- entfernen to remove; to gradually move away; to recede; to retreat; to diverge
- verurteilt past participle of verurteilen
- loslassen to let loose, let go (physically or emotionally)
- opfern to sacrifice, to give up (for a goal or cause); to sacrifice (to a deity)
- besiegen to defeat (to overcome in battle or contest)
- rauskommen to come out
- bereuen to regret, to rue
- verbrennen to burn (to cause to be consumed by fire or flames), to incinerate, to combust; to burn…
- wenden to turn something so as to cook or roast it from both sides; to turn something (in…
- berühren to touch; to be tangent to
- verbergen to hide, conceal from view, keep secret
- aussteigen to exit, get off (especially a vehicle); to phase out, to back out, to bail out
- betreten to enter, to go or come into; to step onto, especially die Bühne - the stage, meant…
- beibringen to teach; to break (news, information) carefully to
- einfallen to occur (to someone), to come (to someone); to come to mind [with dative ‘to someone’]…
- rächen to revenge; to avenge; to take revenge; to avenge oneself
- auftauchen to come up (of a subject or name in conversation, a difficulty in a project, etc.); to…
- besitzen to own, to possess; to have
- getragen past participle of tragen
- schalten to switch; to shift gears
- erheben to raise, lift (one's arm, voice, glass, etc.); to levy, charge
- abhalten to keep off, away, or out; to hold off; to stop (someone from doing something); to…
- befragen to question, to interview, to interrogate
- identifiziert past participle of identifizieren
- gestehen to confess, to admit (to a mistake, misdeed, something embarrassing); to make known
- versagen to fail, to give out, to break down; to refuse; to deny
- übernommen past participle of übernehmen
- vertreten to step in, fill (a stead, gap); to fill in for, to substitute
- gestatten to allow
- auftreten to occur, appear, arise (suddenly); to perform, appear, go on stage/onstage,
- vergehen to pass, to elapse; to die off, wither, etc.
- bedienen to serve; to operate
- durchziehen to pass; to soak
- beherrschen to master; to dominate
- entführen to abduct, kidnap, seize (a person or animal); to hijack (a vehicle)
- umgeben to surround (to encircle or simultaneously extend on all sides of something)
- befehlen to command; to order (someone to do something); to give orders; to be in command
- verteilen to distribute; to spread
- organisiert past participle of organisieren
- überfahren to run over, to run down; to go through, to overshoot
- manipuliert past participle of manipulieren
- schmeißen to throw; to fling; to hurl; to drop accidentally
- eröffnet past participle of eröffnen
- unterrichten to teach, to school; to inform
- verschaffen to provide, supply, procure
- streichen to stroke; to cancel; to discard; to delete; to strike out; to cross out
- eingebrochen past participle of einbrechen
- amüsiert past participle of amüsieren
- auflegen to lay on; to hang up
- sprengen to blow up, to blast; to sprinkle
- einsperren to lock up, to imprison, to jail
Common questions
How many German verbs should I know?
This list holds 1,897 verbs graded A1 to C2. 182 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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