Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List — A1 to C2 — Words 1,261–1,320
Continuing the list — words 1,261 to 1,320 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.
- entnehmen to take out, to remove (from a container or receptacle, into one's possession); to take,…
- überschätzt past participle of überschätzen
- überführen to transfer, transport, translate, move; to convert, change (from one state into another)
- besagen to say, state, have it (said of texts or utterances, not of persons); to mean, signify
- zerquetschen to crush
- vortreten advance
- abblasen to blow off something (e.g., dust); to blow clear; to call off a hunt
- vergießen to shed (blood, sweat, tears); to spill
- umstimmen to retune; to change someone's mind
- wegschaffen to take away
- übertreffen to exceed, to surpass, to outdo; to exceed (a certain standard)
- zurückschlagen to retaliate
- werben to recruit; to enlist; to promote, advertise
- herausbekommen to figure out
- abbringen to dissuade, discourage, put/throw off course
- ausbreiten to spread, spread out; to extend
- anheben to lift up; to raise, to increase
- preisgeben to abandon, forsake, relinquish, surrender; to disclose, reveal, betray (a secret)
- vernommen past participle of vernehmen
- rekrutieren to recruit
- angedeutet past participle of andeuten
- verpfeifen to tell on, to snitch, to rat on/out; to piss off
- aufkreuzen to sail close-hauled; to turn up, to show up
- hinwegkommen to get over
- ausweisen to expel, to banish (from a country); to designate, to demarcate (an area as/for…
- irritiert past participle of irritieren
- widerrufen to revoke, rescind, cancel
- vergewissern to make sure (of); to check; to make certain (of)
- austragen to (go from house to house and) deliver sth.,; to take someone or something off a list
- untergraben to undermine, to subvert
- praktizieren to bring into practice; to practice as a medical doctor
- ergehen forms the perfect with sein; forms the perfect with haben
- beanspruchen to claim (to demand ownership of something); to require
- zurückgeblieben past participle of zurückbleiben
- verbündet past participle of verbünden
- handhaben to handle, to wield, to employ (a tool, often not in a resultative sense but rather…
- beschwören to conjure; to swear to (something)
- vorschreiben to prescribe, to dictate, to command
- missachten to ignore (deliberately pay no attention to), disregard (orders, instructions, advice…
- lüften to air, ventilate; to lift, take off (a covering, such as a hat, veil, pot lid)
- weiterführen to continue
- vorrücken to proceed; to advance (to move forwards, to approach)
- einweihen to instruct; to initiate
- konfrontieren to confront
- bereinigen to settle; to rectify
- durchsehen to look through; to review, to revise, to inspect
- gleiten to glide; to float; to move effortlessly; to slide; to slip; to transition smoothly
- assistieren to assist
- aufschlagen to pitch, to serve (a ball); to set up, to pitch up (a camp, a tent)
- vorhersagen to forecast, to predict
- verschicken to send out; to send off
- schimpfen to tell off, to scold, to yell at; to complain, to grouse, to bitch, to curse
- abschleppen to tow; to tow away (a car etc.); to pick up (a person in a pub etc.)
- durchqueren to cross, to walk across
- hegen to cherish; to harbor, to have, to hold (e.g., doubts, a grudge, grievances)
- abwerfen to throw down, to let fall, drop (from a height); to throw off (e.g. a yoke, a rider)
- aufschlitzen to slit open
- freigeben to release, to declassify (to put at public disposal); to release, to liberate (to set…
- zerschmettert inflection of zerschmettern:
- abdecken to cover; to cover costs
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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