Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List, A1 to C2, Words 1,501–1,560
Words 1,501 to 1,560 of 2,742, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,742
entries
114
at A1
167
at A2
397
at B1
- kühlen to cool, to refrigerate
- hinziehen to move; to attract, pull
- überschnappen to go mad
- umdenken to rethink
- zuteilen to assign, to allocate
- wegrennen to bolt, to run, to run away
- schwächen to weaken, to debilitate; to defile, to disgrace
- vernetzen to network; to cross-link
- einberufen to convene; to conscript
- ablaufen run out; to expire; to go out of date
- verschweigen to conceal (to hide something by remaining silent about it), to fail to mention, to keep…
- auseinandersetzen to deal with, to occupy oneself with, to look into, to think about; to explain, to make…
- einstecken to take (for oneself), to pocket; to pocket, to pack, to take with oneself, to have on…
- fortgehen to continue, to go on, to keep on, to carry on; to depart, to take off, to go away
- inserieren to advertise
- biegen to bend something (to form something into a curve); to bend; to be bent (to form oneself…
- zurückverfolgen to trace back
- verfallen to expire; to lapse
- verwehren to refuse, to deny sb. sth., to forbid, to not allow
- kauen to chew (something); to chew, to gnaw
- abwickeln to unwind; to wind up, wind down (to dissolve a partnership or corporation and liquidate…
- hereinkommen to come in (when the speaker is inside)
- halbieren to halve, to cut in half, to bisect
- missverstehen to misunderstand, to misapprehend
- angucken to watch, look at; to inspect, diagnose
- pumpen to pump (use a pump, work like a pump); to pant, to breathe intensely due to exertion,…
- betrinken to get drunk (to intoxicate oneself with alcohol); to bedrink oneself.
- ernten to harvest, to reap
- fokussieren to focus (cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point; adjust (a lens, an…
- hinterfragen to question, to scrutinise, to challenge
- schwärmen to swarm; to fly in swarms or flocks; to romanticize; be given to romantic or mystic…
- aufgehen to open, come undone; to rise, expand (of dough etc.)
- aufreißen to rip open, to tear open; to open widely
- abbauen to dismantle, disassemble; to mine (an ore)
- poltern to rumble; to rant (To speak or shout at length in an uncontrollable anger.)
- unterdrücken to suppress, to oppress; to repress
- appellieren to appeal
- kompensieren to compensate
- imitieren to imitate
- abbekommen to get a share of something (pleasant or unpleasant)
- durchbrechen to break something in two; to break in two; to snap
- schocken to shock; to shock, to give an electric shock
- fertigstellen to finish, to complete (something one is constructing or creating)
- weitergeben to impart (to communicate the knowledge of); to pass on, to share
- einbrocken to get someone into trouble; to put bread crumbs into (milk or soup)
- schmuggeln to smuggle
- unterziehen to subject; to undergo
- zusammenkommen to come/get together
- koordinieren to coordinate, to harmonize (to handle in a centralized and systematic way); to get on…
- improvisieren to improvise
- einschüchtern to intimidate
- streicheln to stroke (to move the hand over the surface of), to pet; to fondle
- aufwühlen to churn, to churn up
- unterbinden to put a stop to, to prevent, to prohibit; to tie up underneath (e.g., a headscarf…
- nachgeben to give way; to give in
- wiehern to neigh, to whinny, to nicker (sound of a horse); to laugh audibly
- verschließen to close; to shut; to lock; to lock (something) up
- aufbringen to find, muster, summon up; to exasperate, get angry
- entsetzen to shock, horrify, appall; to relieve (a town or fortress from a siege)
- schleifen to whet, grind (smooth and/or sharpen a surface by abrasion); to drill, train,…
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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