Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List — A1 to C2 — Words 1,561–1,620
Continuing the list — words 1,561 to 1,620 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.
- überbieten to exceed; to outbid
- vermählen to marry (whiskies); to marry, to get married
- eintauchen to plunge; to immerse, to dip, to steep
- beaufsichtigen to supervise
- austeilen to distribute; to hand out; to deal
- entern to board (an enemy ship)
- hellsehen to be clairvoyant
- entreißen to wrest (from)
- konfiszieren to confiscate
- ausschlagen to knock (something) out; to beat out (a fire)
- erklimmen to climb, to ascend (something, e.g. a tree or mountain top); to climb, to ascend, to…
- verstauen to stow
- drosseln to curb, choke, throttle
- vergelten to retaliate; to reward
- aufschieben to push open; to postpone
- suspendieren to suspend
- untertrieben
- überladen to overload; to clutter
- zerschmettern to smash; to smash up
- auslegen to lay out, display; to interpret, construe (in a certain manner)
- gegenüberstehen to face, to stand face-to-face with; to contradict each other (e.g. of viewpoints)
- hindeuten to point (physically); to point out (within the context of a discussion)
- durchschlagen to break (a hole) through; to smash, to break something in two
- unterschlagen to embezzle
- unterlaufen to circumvent, to undermine; to crop up, to be made (of a mistake or error) [with dative…
- angehören to belong to (a group etc)
- heimsuchen to haunt, to afflict, to scourge
- ausspannen to unclamp, to unharness, to unhitch (reversal of the action done by einspannen); to…
- besiegeln to seal something, to set the seal on something.
- vordringen to advance; to penetrate (make inroads)
- ausarbeiten to flesh out, to elaborate (on), to work out (details)
- bekehren to convert
- austreiben to drive out; to bud out, to leaf out
- wegsehen to look away; to look the other way, to turn a blind eye (to purposely ignore something…
- schiefläuft
- abgefunden past participle of abfinden
- durchkämmt past participle of durchkämmen
- schwelgen to eat or drink greedily; to revel [with in ‘in something’], indulge in
- beschießen to shoot at, to bombard
- patrouillieren to patrol
- feststecken to be stuck; to pin
- vorbehalten to reserve something; to be reserved
- absorbieren to absorb, to soak up
- zerschneiden to cut up; to cut to pieces
- mobilisieren to mobilize
- vorbringen to say (in the sense of to allege or state something).
- andocken to dock (in space)
- ausleben to act out, to live out (have the chance to freely put something into practice - dreams,…
- auffangen to catch (something thrown/ falling; someone before they reach their destination; an…
- verwickeln to involve; to embroil
- entschädigt past participle of entschädigen
- regenerieren to regenerate (to construct or create anew, especially in an improved manner); to…
- verleitet past participle of verleiten
- abstoßen to repel; to reject
- schwinden to dwindle (to decrease, shrink, vanish)
- zurückblicken to look back
- verdursten to die of thirst; to be very thirsty
- eingeflogen
- bescheren to present as a gift (especially Christmas presents); to give (Christmas) presents to…
- implantiert
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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