Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List — A1 to C2 — Words 1,321–1,380
Continuing the list — words 1,321 to 1,380 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.
- entlarven to unmask; to uncover
- plädieren to plead; to advocate, to make a case
- verbannen to banish, to exile; to ban
- kreieren to design; to shape; to create (a composition, a fashion line, etc.)
- wohlfühlen to feel comfortable
- überlisten to cheat; to dupe
- verdrehen to twist, to turn, to wrest, to distort, to misrepresent
- flachlegen to nap, to lay down; to put in
- hereinspaziert
- konfisziert past participle of konfiszieren
- belehren to teach, to guide; to inform, to explain
- ernennen to appoint, to name, to pronounce
- heimzahlen to pay back, avenge oneself (often playfully or in minor matters)
- diagnostiziert past participle of diagnostizieren
- schöpfen to scoop up, to draw (water, sand etc.) with a bucket; to draw (air), to inhale deeply
- verdenken to blame, hold against
- bloßstellen to expose, to embarrass
- hingehören to belong (somewhere)
- vortragen to lecture; to give a report; to present; to report
- aufholen to catch up, to gain on
- aufrechterhalten to maintain, preserve, uphold, sustain
- verunsichert past participle of verunsichern
- versiegeln to seal up
- abführen to take away (someone in police custody); to regularly pay
- vorbeifahren to drive by, to pass
- nachlassen to subside, abate, taper off; to let up, to ease off
- beschlagnahmen to seize, to confiscate, to impound by the power of law
- bewilligt past participle of bewilligen
- anfertigen to manufacture, to make, to produce, to create, to craft; to draw up (a document)
- umkommen to be killed; to perish; to die a (usually) violent death
- genesen to recover; to recuperate
- zurückgewinnen to win back, to recover
- hypnotisiert
- zerlegen to dismantle, disassemble, decompose; to dismember, dissect
- vernehmen to hear; to question, to examine
- abriegeln to bar, to bolt; to close off, to block off
- austricksen to trick (to gain an advantage); to feint
- gewährleisten to ensure; to guarantee
- erhängen to hang someone (to execute by hanging); to hang oneself (to commit suicide by hanging)
- schreiten to stride; to step, to proceed
- verschleiern to veil; to disguise
- ankämpfen to battle
- weglassen to omit
- hinterfragen to question, to scrutinise, to challenge
- spekulieren to speculate
- zerfallen to disintegrate; to decay
- verzweifeln to despair
- applaudieren to applaud
- begnadigt past participle of begnadigen
- verwehrt past participle of verwehren
- statuieren to state
- spiegeln to mirror
- überstürzt inflection of überstürzen:
- verschreiben to prescribe (a substance); to make over; to sign over
- verfluchen to curse
- schikanieren to bully, to harass
- berauben to rob; to deprive
- zusammenbringen to collect; to muster
- aushandeln to negotiate
- verspotten to make fun of, to mock; to ridicule
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.
Grammatical data from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. See sources.