Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List, A1 to C2, Words 841–900
Words 841 to 900 of 2,742, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,742
entries
114
at A1
167
at A2
397
at B1
- abwarten to await; to wait for; to wait and see (await the course of events before taking action)
- kehren to sweep; to turn (change the direction of movement)
- nerven to annoy, to irritate
- zurückbringen to bring back, recall, restore
- beziehen to refer, to relate; Senses related to covering.
- blicken to look (usually in a certain direction toward something); to get, to understand
- befragen to question, to interview, to interrogate
- pinkeln to pee
- erheben to raise, lift (one's arm, voice, glass, etc.); to levy, charge
- pfeifen to whistle (with one's mouth or a whistle); to act as referee
- einreichen to send in, to hand in, to submit
- rück
- wiederkommen to return, to come back, to come again
- abhalten to keep off, away, or out; to hold off; to stop (someone from doing something); to…
- vertragen to tolerate, bear; could do with (need something that would be beneficial)
- überwachen to control, to monitor, to supervise; to keep under surveillance
- einschlafen to fall asleep; to pass away, die (peacefully)
- vorbeikommen to come over; to drop by; to get past, to go by
- ausgeliefert at the mercy of
- belügen to lie to, to tell someone a lie, to tell someone lies
- abschicken to submit; to send, send off
- begreifen to grasp fully; to comprehend; to conceive, to fathom; to understand intellectually
- steuern to steer, to navigate, to pilot, to operate, to control; to govern, to direct, to head;…
- keuchen to gasp; to pant
- zurückgeben to give back, return
- streichen to stroke; to cancel; to discard; to delete; to strike out; to cross out
- unterbrechen to interrupt
- täuschen to deceive; to be wrong, to be mistaken
- wegnehmen to take away from, to remove from
- gestehen to confess, to admit (to a mistake, misdeed, something embarrassing); to make known
- vermasseln to blow, to screw up, to botch
- lehnen to lean; to lean something
- explodieren to explode
- hinnehmen to accept (with resignation or reluctance, e.g. loss, etc); to take
- verhungern to starve to death
- sicherstellen to seize, confiscate a physical object as a measure to avert danger (a…
- schluchzen to sob
- aufbauen to build, to construct, to erect; to rebuild, to reconstruct
- zulegen to add to, to put on; to put on, to gain (some unit of weight)
- walten to rule, to exercise control; to prevail
- brüllen to shout, roar
- füllen to fill; to stuff
- verantworten to take responsibility (for); to answer, reply to something
- ausschalten to turn off, to switch off, to power down, to disable (to stop a device or disable its…
- angeln to angle, to fish (with a fishing rod); to fish (for something valuable or information)
- rausgehen to go out
- befehlen to command; to order (someone to do something); to give orders; to be in command
- hinlegen to put down, lay down; to lie down
- kontaktieren to contact (establish communication with)
- anlegen to create; to put on (clothing, jewelry, etc.), to strap on
- verderben to deprive (someone) of (something); to rob (someone) of (some feeling); to ruin; to…
- vermitteln to mediate; to convey
- durchgehen to go through; to walk through; to go all the way (to); to reach as far as
- gewähren to grant, to allow
- einschließen to lock up; to include
- ermitteln to determine, to identify (a value or identity; through a calculation or other process);…
- verlegen to misplace, to mislay; to lay
- losgehen to leave; to start
- zusammenarbeiten to work together, to cooperate
- beunruhigen to worry, to trouble, to alarm
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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