Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List, A1 to C2, Words 1,261–1,320
Words 1,261 to 1,320 of 2,742, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,742
entries
114
at A1
167
at A2
397
at B1
- erneuern to renew
- zusammenfassen to summarize, to sum up; to consolidate
- glotzen to stare, gape, gawk, goggle (eyes)
- überbringen to deliver
- hereinlegen to lay down inside; to put; to trick; to pull someone's leg
- filmen to film, to shoot
- saufen to drink; to drink, especially in large quantities; to quaff; to swig
- zischen to hiss, to sizzle, to whiz; to move swiftly making a hissing sound
- entwischen to escape
- unterschätzen to underestimate
- ausverkaufen to sell out; to sell off
- zerbrechen to break into pieces, to shatter, to snap (to cause an object to come apart into…
- schleichen to move in a quiet and inconspicuous manner, hence often slowly and/or ducked: to crawl,…
- aufweisen to feature; ascribe the greatest importance to
- trauern to mourn; to be sad
- klemmen to jam, to clamp (make something stuck in a tight place); to be jammed, to be stuck
- verschlucken to swallow, swallow up; to choke [with an (+ dative) ‘on something’], to get (something)…
- beneiden to envy; to begrudge someone something
- erregen to thrill; arouse; excite; titillate; to cause; elicit; evoke; bring forth; stimulate…
- überwältigen to overwhelm, to subdue, to overpower; to dazzle, to impress, to astonish
- entlasten to relieve, ease; to discharge, release
- abreisen to leave, to depart
- schwingen to swing (to move back and forth); to move (somewhere) by swinging
- abschieben to deport (from a country); to shift (blame or responsibility onto someone or onto…
- geloben to vow (to make a vow)
- eintreffen to arrive; to come true
- erwachen to awake (also figuratively)
- verkraften to bear, stand, manage, cope with
- ducken to duck
- stürmen to storm, to be blustery; to rush, to charge (on foot, especially in anger)
- beruhen to consist; to depend
- fortfahren to drive away, drive off; to drive away, remove by means of a vehicle
- lancieren to launch
- rauslassen to drop off
- spenden to donate, to give as charity; To cause the action implied by a noun to take place.
- erbarmen to take pity on, to have mercy for
- erben to inherit (as a bequest or by genetics)
- auswechseln to swap out, replace
- betäuben to deafen, to make deaf; to numb, dull, stupefy
- hinkriegen to manage, to succeed with (especially using skill)
- lähmen to paralyze
- begrenzen to limit, to restrict, to confine; to delimit, to mark the boundary of
- aufschreiben to write down, mark down, to make a note (of something); to mark out
- bearbeiten to edit; to work on something
- erlangen to achieve, to obtain, to gain; Erlangen (an independent city in Bavaria, Germany; the…
- vertuschen to cover up, to keep secret
- erwirtschaften to earn; to generate (a profit)
- hüten to watch; to herd, to tend (animals)
- inszenieren to stage, to perform (a dramatic work); to stage, to perpetrate (a hoax or deception)
- durchschauen to see through (e.g. a window, telescope); to read something critically or carefully
- einschlagen to smash; to gouge
- raven to rave (to attend a rave)
- suspendieren to suspend
- verehren to revere, to venerate; to adore
- rausbringen to bring or take out; to release
- klarkommen to cope; to come to terms, to deal with, to manage, to get along, to get on, to get by
- auftreiben to bloat; to rise (of dough)
- beschlagnahmen to seize, to confiscate, to impound by the power of law
- rauskriegen to find out, catch wind of
- abfeuern to fire off, to fire (a weapon)
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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