Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List, A1 to C2, Words 1,141–1,200
Words 1,141 to 1,200 of 2,742, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,742
entries
114
at A1
167
at A2
397
at B1
- zurücktreten to step back; to resign, to step down
- überdenken to reconsider, to rethink; to think over, to consider
- aufhängen to hang, to suspend; to hang up (the telephone)
- loslegen to start forcefully; to take one's turn
- ausscheiden to secrete; to excrete, to eliminate
- zustoßen to happen to (especially something bad); to push quickly and forcefully
- zittern to shiver, to tremble, to vibrate
- prognostizieren to predict; to prognose
- lecken to lick (with the tongue); to lick (to perform cunnilingus)
- etablieren to establish (make widely regarded, give a firm position to); to establish, found, open…
- unterliegen to be defeated [with dative ‘by’]; to be subject to, to be influenced [with dative ‘by’]
- abstürzen to crash; to crash (a malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to…
- aufkommen to arise, to appear (in a somewhat spontaneous manner without a specified origin; of…
- ausbrechen to break out
- eindringen to intrude
- vergeuden to squander, to waste (time, resources, money)
- ertrinken to drown
- ersticken to smother; to suffocate
- signalisieren to signal
- untersagen to forbid, prohibit, ban, interdict
- mitgehen to come along; to accompany
- stechen to be sharp, to stick out; to stick (someone or something); to poke
- checken to check (up), to inspect, examine; to grasp, to understand
- optimieren to optimize
- marschieren to march (to walk with others in a column, in step); to march (to walk taking long,…
- umkehren to turn around; to turn around something, to invert, to reverse
- begeistern to fill with enthusiasm, to enthuse, to thrill; to be enthusiastic, to enthuse
- entziehen to revoke (a right or permission); to withdraw (to remove, stop providing)
- verdächtigen to suspect
- inspirieren to inspire
- spucken to spit; to vomit
- nachweisen to prove, verify, establish, demonstrate (something or the presence of something), to…
- faszinieren to fascinate
- absetzen to set down; to drop off
- hinrichten to execute, to put to death
- lenken to steer, drive; to navigate, guide
- rasieren to shave; to discontinue in order to reduce spending etc., to cut back
- stehenbleiben to stop moving; to be left as-is
- zurückgreifen to fall back (on); to go back (to)
- erraten to determine (something) through advice or empathy; to guess (something) correctly, to…
- pissen to piss (urinate); to piss down (rain heavily)
- ansiedeln to cause to live or be based in a place (e.g. people, businesses, wild animals); to…
- auswirken to work something until finished or ready (e.g., kneading dough a last time after…
- platzen to burst, to pop (to be torn apart from internal pressure, e.g. of balloons); to burst,…
- fertigmachen (colloquial) to complete (to finish); to get ready, dress up
- benennen to name, give a name to; to name (after), name (for)
- kriechen to creep; to crawl; creep (motion, deformation), gerund of kriechen
- verleihen to award (someone an honor, a medal, etc); to confer (a title or degree upon someone);…
- widmen to dedicate, to devote; to attend
- aufklären to clear up, explain (a mystery etc); to enlighten; to inform (someone about something)…
- programmieren to program (enter a program or other instructions into a computer); programming
- erstechen to stab to death
- bedürfen to require, to need
- kratzen to scratch (rub a surface with a sharp, pointy rough object, especially to remove…
- erstaunen to astonish, astound; gerund of erstaunen
- evakuieren to evacuate
- auslöschen to extinguish, to put out (e.g. a fire); to turn off, to switch off
- einliefern to admit, commit (to have a person enter an establishment); to hand over, to deliver (to…
- gründen to found, to establish (a community, settlement, organization, company, etc.); to form…
- verwirren to confuse
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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