Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List — A1 to C2 — Words 901–960
Continuing the list — words 901 to 960 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.
- verdanken to owe, to attribute to
- widerstehen to withstand, to resist
- erfordert past participle of erfordern
- umlegen to tilt, to lay flat; to apportion; to divide
- gehorchen to obey; to listen to reason, hearken
- zurückziehen to pull back, to withdraw; to retreat
- aussprechen to pronounce (sound a word, give it a pronunciation); to be pronounced; to have a…
- belästigen to molest, to harass
- blockiert past participle of blockieren
- vergraben to bury (to place in the ground)
- versetzen to move, displace, especially something heavy or fixed; to transfer (to another…
- büßen to pay for, to make amends for; to repent, to do penance
- verteidigt past participle of verteidigen
- abschalten to switch off; to unwind, relax
- abschließen to end, to finish or complete (one's studies, a task); to shut off
- angefasst past participle of anfassen
- versorgen to look after; to treat
- sperren to bar (entry to a place or system); to space out the letters of a word or text, for…
- zurücklassen to leave behind; to let return
- arrangieren to arrange; to come to an agreement
- pressen to press; to push
- ausprobieren to try out
- verklagen to sue
- zurückholen to retrieve, to get back
- sichergehen to make sure
- antreten to arrive; to present oneself; to begin (a duty or task, also a voyage); to take…
- ermorden to murder, to assassinate
- anlügen to lie to, to tell someone a lie, to tell someone lies
- einnehmen to take, take up, assume, span (a position, space, area); to take, to have (food, drink,…
- aufstellen to establish, to postulate; to field (e.g. troops or a political candidate); to deploy
- vorkommen to appear, to occur (in a given location or situation); to occur, to happen (with some…
- festnehmen to arrest (take into legal custody)
- anschließen to connect, to attach; to join
- ersparen to save, save up, put aside (money) (the reflexive pronoun may be left out in order to…
- einziehen to thread (elastic, thread etc.); to put in (a joist, wall etc.)
- urteilen to judge
- bewachen to guard, to watch over
- verbreiten to put about, spread, circulate, disseminate sth.; to spread, circulate, go around
- befolgen to observe, follow, obey (orders, laws, rules etc); to comply with or abide by
- aufbrechen to break open, through; to be broken through
- beschäftigen to occupy, to keep occupied, to employ, to engage (possess or use the time, capacity or…
- begeben to go; to make one's way; to repair; to happen
- ergreifen to seize, capture; to take up (a job, etc.)
- versichern to insure (to provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs); to reassure, assure
- überstehen to endure, to overcome, to survive, to pull through
- garantieren to guarantee
- leugnen to deny (assert the untruth of)
- verurteilen to convict, condemn, sentence; to condemn, strongly denounce
- grauen to break, to dawn; to dusk
- klarstellen to get (something) straight, to put (something) straight, to clarify
- ablegen to take off; to put aside
- drohen to threaten; to loom, to be able to happen in the future [with dative ‘to someone’] (of…
- entgehen to slip past (someone); to escape notice
- erfinden to invent; to fabricate (something untrue); to make up (a story)
- verstoßen to cast out (of a community), to disown; to infringe, to break, to violate, to be…
- wegwerfen to throw away, to discard
- vertreiben to force to leave, to drive away; to pass (time)
- erobern to conquer, to capture; to win
- jubeln to cheer, to exult, to rejoice loudly
- beschaffen to purchase, to procure, to obtain, to acquire
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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