Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List — A1 to C2 — Words 1,021–1,080
Continuing the list — words 1,021 to 1,080 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.
- hinzufügen to say (after saying something else), to add; to add (to a set or quantity that already…
- wiedergutmachen to repair, to recompense, to make up for
- aufsuchen to visit; to look up; to call on
- austauschen to exchange; to replace; to substitute
- anzünden to light (anything flammable); to strike (a match)
- basierend present participle of basieren
- bearbeiten to edit; to work on something
- weiterhelfen to help along
- blockieren to block; to lock
- erforschen to explore, to investigate
- vergewaltigen to rape
- eingedrungen past participle of eindringen
- anrichten to wreak, to cause, to do (harm); to prepare
- erschüttert past participle of erschüttern
- bestechen to bribe; to win over
- durchstehen to endure
- bezeugen to witness, to testify
- bedrohen to threaten, menace
- adoptieren to adopt (a child)
- einsehen to gain insight into, comprehend, understand, recognize, realize, accept, convince…
- verständigen to notify, inform, advise, warn, alert; to communicate (with each other)
- begleichen to pay, to balance; to settle
- benachrichtigen to notify
- errichten to build, to erect (a building or permanent structure, especially a large or…
- eliminieren to eliminate
- aufteilen to divide, to divide up; to carve up
- qualifiziert past participle of qualifizieren
- verrotten to rot
- berufen to refer to (as proof of something); to invoke; to appoint (to a high office)
- einbrechen to break in (for example, to steal something); to break down
- erwecken to awake, to arouse
- senken to lower
- abreißen to tear off; to tear down, to demolish
- ausfüllen to fill in; to fill completely; to take up; to fill in or fill out (a form)
- zustoßen to happen to (especially something bad); to push quickly and forcefully
- zerschlagen to smash (into pieces); to neutralise, to defeat (an enemy unit or other grouping, not…
- dulden to endure; to condone; to tolerate
- scheren to go into a certain direction; to scram; to beat it
- borgen to borrow; to lend
- zerreißen to rip, to tear; to rip up, to tear up
- beklagen to pity, to lament; to complain
- verdoppeln to double, redouble
- reiben to rub; to chafe; to grate
- analysiert past participle of analysieren
- sicherzugehen zu-infinitive of sichergehen
- widerfahren to befall, to happen to
- überstürzen to rush; to jump the gun
- verschweigen to conceal (to hide something by remaining silent about it), to fail to mention, to keep…
- fortgehen to continue, to go on, to keep on, to carry on; to depart, to take off, to go away
- zurückverfolgen to trace back
- ausbrechen to break out
- verfallen to expire; to lapse
- erwachen to awake (also figuratively)
- beheben to resolve, to fix (a problem, a mistake); to withdraw (money)
- freigegeben past participle of freigeben
- reduzieren to reduce; to simplify
- vermieten to rent (to someone), to rent out
- unterdrücken to suppress, to oppress; to repress
- durchbrechen to break something in two; to break in two; to snap
- beschlagnahmt past participle of beschlagnahmen
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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