Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List — A1 to C2 — Words 1,501–1,560
Continuing the list — words 1,501 to 1,560 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.
- injizieren to inject
- expandieren to expand
- besänftigen to appease, to soothe, to mollify
- verscheuchen to shoo, to shoo away, to scare away, to drive away
- befleckt past participle of beflecken
- verzehren to consume; to languish
- verkrochen past participle of verkriechen
- auspeitschen whip; give a whipping
- herumführen to show around
- weiterkommen
- ausspielen
- bewaffnen to arm (to supply with weapons)
- beschämen to embarrass; to humiliate; to shame
- erklingen to sound (to produce a sound)
- umschreiben to rewrite (modify a text); to transcribe; to transliterate (convert to another script)
- entgegennehmen to receive (to take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.;…
- beiwohnen to attend; to be present; to sleep (with); to cohabit; to have sexual intercourse
- nachhelfen
- abspringen to jump off; to abandon, leave in the lurch
- anzapfen to tap into
- verspeisen to eat up, especially with great pleasure and enjoyment
- unterbreiten to submit (e.g. a plan for consideration), to suggest
- simulieren to feign; to malinger
- ausspionieren to spy on
- auffrischen to refresh
- vermöbeln to beat up
- entschädigen to compensate, to indemnify
- knirschen to scrunch, to crunch; to gnash, to grind
- freihalten to keep free; to keep clear
- abschrecken to discourage (to take away or reduce the courage of), to daunt, to repel, to scare; to…
- degradiert past participle of degradieren
- verunglückt past participle of verunglücken
- geduldet past participle of dulden; past participle of gedulden
- verdammen to condemn, to doom; to damn, to curse
- bewerfen to throw at someone or something
- weiterkämpfen to continue to battle after a pause
- herumfahren to drive around (an obstacle, etc.) [with um]; to turn around suddenly
- überschreiben to make over; to sign over (property); to title; to provide something with a heading
- bücken to bend down, to stoop
- zumuten to demand something unreasonable, inappropriate, inconsiderate from someone or something
- gebannt past participle of bannen
- erdulden to endure
- beherbergen to shelter, put up, to harbour
- bereichern to enrich
- hochfahren to drive upwards/northwards; to boot
- formieren to deploy, to form up
- gegenübertreten
- ehelichen to espouse
- weiterzuleben zu-infinitive of weiterleben
- ausfahren to go out; to drive out
- heimkehren to return home
- niederknien to kneel down, to genuflect
- vertagen to adjourn, postpone, defer
- zertrümmern to smash (into pieces), to shatter, to pound
- verwehren to refuse, to deny sb. sth., to forbid, to not allow
- prophezeit past participle of prophezeien
- kapituliert past participle of kapitulieren
- ausrotten to root out, to eradicate, to extirpate, to purge, to remove entirely; to exterminate,…
- nachforschen to investigate; to inquire
- abstechen to cut off, cut out, to carve out; to stab to death
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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