Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List, A1 to C2, Words 1,441–1,500
Words 1,441 to 1,500 of 2,742, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,742
entries
114
at A1
167
at A2
397
at B1
- abreißen to tear off; to tear down, to demolish
- runterkommen to calm down
- aufwärmen to heat up, warm up; to warm up (to prepare for an activity or physical exercise)
- zerschlagen to smash (into pieces); to neutralise, to defeat (an enemy unit or other grouping, not…
- zuliefern to supply
- beibehalten to maintain, keep; to retain
- eingeben to enter, input; to type
- kurieren to cure (return to health)
- reizen to irritate (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation); to excite
- auszahlen to pay out (money in general; salary, sum, balance, dividend, interest, etc.); to pay…
- interpretieren to interpret (to explain or tell the meaning of; to apprehend and represent by means of…
- dulden to endure; to condone; to tolerate
- weiterleiten to forward; to redirect
- rauben to rob, to steal (criminal act); to rob, to deprive
- stabilisieren to stabilize / stabilise (to make stable); to stabilize / stabilise (to become stable)
- verkürzen to shorten; to shorten (become shorter)
- verunsichern to unsettle, to make insecure, to make uncertain
- schnarchen to snore
- aussetzen to expose; to take somewhere and leave to fend for themselves
- säubern to clean, to cleanse
- ausnehmen to exclude; to exempt
- ausgleichen to balance; to compensate
- hungern to hunger, to starve
- beugen to bend something, to bow something; to bend; to bend over; to bow
- bohren to bore, to drill; to pry (keep asking)
- kippen to tilt; to dump; to pour
- deaktivieren to deactivate, to disable (to put out of operation)
- berauben to rob; to deprive
- hingehören to belong (somewhere)
- scheren to cut back something that grows; to shear (sheep etc.)
- beleuchten to light (up), to illuminate; to examine, to analyse, to shine a light on
- auffliegen to fly up; to fly open
- vormachen to demonstrate (how to do something); to fool, to deceive
- erwürgen to strangle (choke someone to death); to kill violently, to slay, murder
- erkranken to fall ill, to sicken
- wehen to blow (of wind, a storm, etc.); to flutter, wave (in the wind); to fly (of a flag)
- aufsteigen to get on, to mount; to advance
- horchen to listen closely (to try to hear, especially a weak sound); to heed, to obey
- abgehen to come off, to come loose, to wear off; to leave (esp. an educational institution; not…
- schrumpfen to shrink, become smaller; to shrivel, wrinkle
- hinbekommen to manage, to succeed with
- verbuchen to post; to enter (data)
- reinziehen to consume, to inhale, to down (drugs, food, drinks, especially when done carelessly or…
- aussagen to state; to testify
- borgen to borrow; to lend
- zerreißen to rip, to tear; to rip up, to tear up
- vereinfachen to simplify (to make simpler); to simplify (to become simpler)
- reiben to rub; to chafe; to grate
- hintergehen to deceive, to betray, to cheat, to hoodwink, to backstab; to go behind (somewhere)
- widerfahren to befall, to happen to
- großziehen to raise (a child); to rear (an animal etc.)
- zusammenbleiben to stay together (in various senses, chiefly to remain in the same place or to remain in…
- losfahren to set off, to hit the road
- prägen to mint; to shape
- stolpern to stumble, to trip; to stumble across
- einfangen to capture, to catch; to catch, to be infected with (a disease, an illness)
- zufügen to cause (grief, pain); to inflict (damage); to add
- wellen to wave; to roll
- überstürzen to rush; to jump the gun
- auflaufen to collide with; to run aground
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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