Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List, A1 to C2, Words 1,201–1,260
Words 1,201 to 1,260 of 2,742, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,742
entries
114
at A1
167
at A2
397
at B1
- ausnutzen to exploit (use for one's advantage)
- quatschen to talk nonsense; to chatter, babble
- adoptieren to adopt (a child)
- angehören to belong to (a group etc)
- hochgehen to go high; to ascend
- wegtreten to dismiss; to step aside
- leuchten to shine; radiance, brightness
- verheimlichen to keep secret, to conceal, to hide
- verschonen to spare (from harm, trouble etc.)
- zuhalten to be keep something shut; to approach, to bear down on
- zusammenstellen to compose, to compile
- vergiften to poison
- involvieren to involve; to be involved
- einatmen to inhale, breathe in
- zurückhalten to hold back; to hold onto oneself
- wegfahren to drive away, to drive off; to drive away, take away with a vehicle
- abstellen to put down, to set down; to place, to leave
- plädieren to plead; to advocate, to make a case
- befürworten to endorse, to support, to back, to advocate
- bevorzugen to favor, to prefer
- dementieren to deny (publicly or officially)
- erschlagen to slay, to strike dead; to swamp; to overwhelm
- jucken to itch (feel itchy); to itch (cause an itchy feeling)
- blasen to blow; to play (a wind instrument)
- zusammenhalten to hold together, to keep together; to stick together (to remain united, to stay…
- austauschen to exchange; to replace; to substitute
- zuziehen to move here; to come to a place (from the perspective of those already living there);…
- prügeln to beat (up), to strike; to fight (each other); to get into a fight
- anvertrauen to entrust in various ways:; to entrust
- herhören to listen
- nachkommen to come later; to come when others already have; to keep up (with); to keep track (of)
- eingreifen to intervene, to interfere
- streben to strive; to aspire
- jammern to wail, whine, moan, lament, whinge
- zurückzahlen to pay back, to repay, to refund; to pay back, to avenge
- verschicken to send out; to send off
- bewirken to bring about (to cause to take place)
- durchkommen to come through, to pass through; to pass, to get through
- entfallen to drop or be dropped; to lapse or be cancelled
- veranstalten to organize, to arrange, to stage (a public or social event)
- versauen to mess up
- herauswerfen to throw out
- beichten to confess (sins)
- verführen to seduce, to debauch, to ensnare, to entrap
- aufziehen [auxiliary haben]; to wind up (a clock, etc.)
- alarmieren to alarm
- entwerfen to sketch, to draft; to devise, design
- ausliefern to deliver, to distribute; to extradite
- vorsprechen to audition (by reciting); to pay a visit
- trösten to console, to comfort, to support someone (emotionally)
- mahnen to urge (someone) to do a specific, necessary task; to beg fervidly
- anfahren to start moving (of a vehicle; only of the very initial movement); to approach, to come…
- wimmern to whimper
- anhängen to weigh on; to burden; to hang on; to be devoted to; to feel a sense of belonging to (a…
- untergehen to set (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon); to fall, to go down (to be…
- erstatten to pay back [with accusative ‘something’ and dative ‘to someone’] (also idiomatically…
- verarbeiten to process, to handle, to manufacture
- kleiden to dress, to clothe
- auskommen to get along; to be able to get by
- rumlaufen to walk around
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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