Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List, A1 to C2, Words 121–180
Words 121 to 180 of 2,742, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,742
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114
at A1
167
at A2
397
at B1
- reden to talk, to speak, to orate; to talk, to reveal (something secret)
- gehören to belong to, be the property of; to be a prerequisite for; to be a characteristic of
- möchten first/third-person plural subjunctive II of mögen
- liegen to lie (to be in a horizontal position); to lie down
- dürfen to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may; to be allowed…
- sterben to die
- stellen causative of stehen: to put, place, position (someone or something) such that it stands…
- versuchen to try, to attempt (often with an uncertain result); to try, to taste
- berichten to relate, to tell, to give an account of; to report (especially by the media or…
- holen to (go) get, to fetch (to go somewhere and take something to bring back); to (go) get,…
- fällen to cut down, to chop down, to fell (a tree); to precipitate
- setzen to sit down; to settle (precipitate)
- scheinen to shine; to gleam; to seem; to appear; to look
- einigen to unite or unify (for example a group of people); to agree, to reach an agreement
- teilen to split, to share; to divide
- kriegen to get; to catch, to come down with
- fehlen for there to be a lack [with dative ‘to someone/something’ and an (+ dative) ‘of…
- erreichen to reach (to attain by stretching); to reach, to get to, to arrive at (a place)
- schaffen to create, to call into being; to create, make, form, shape
- nennen to name (to give a name to); to call, to describe
- erinnern to remind; to remember, to be reminded of
- verlieren to lose (something, or a game); to shed
- aufhören to listen up; to stop; to quit; to cease
- fühlen to feel (a thing, sensation, emotion - a noun); to feel (somehow - an adjective)
- rufen to call out, to shout, to cry (of a person or animal); to call for, to request the…
- passen to fit; to suit, to be suitable for
- kümmern to take care, to look after; to grieve, to afflict, to trouble, to concern
- herstellen to produce, manufacture; to establish, make, install, connect
- sitzen to sit; to perch; to stay (in one place); to remain; to be (in a particular place or…
- fallen to fall; to drop; to die; to fall in battle; to die in battle; to be killed in action
- schicken to send, to dispatch (a person, letter, money etc. to a destination or a person); to hurry
- schätzen to estimate; to guess; to suppose; to assume; to evaluate; to price; to assess
- bestehen to succeed, to pass (an exam); to consist
- umbringen to kill, to murder, to do away with; to commit suicide
- bestätigen to confirm, to corroborate
- melden to report, to inform (about an incident or condition); to report (a person or their…
- zahlen to pay; to pay, to atone
- bitten to ask, to beg, to plead, to bid, to request; to ask, to invite
- verdammen to condemn, to doom; to damn, to curse
- verkaufen to sell (something in exchange for money); to sell (for a certain amount or at a certain…
- betonen to emphasize; to stress
- benutzen to make use (of)
- legen to lie down; to castrate
- beginnen to begin; to commence; to be started; to start, to begin
- ansehen to look at, to have a look at (taking in information in doing so); to look at…
- freuen to gladden, to make glad, to make pleased; to be glad, pleased, or happy about something
- dauern to last, to continue, to persist (for a period of time); to last, to be permanent
- rechnen to count, reckon, calculate, compute; to count on, expect
- lügen to tell a lie; to lie (to intentionally give false information); to give false…
- öffnen to open (to make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut…
- singen to sing; a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- empfehlen to propose, to advise in favor of; to recommend; to advocate
- feiern to celebrate; to party; applicable from the most solemn to the most revelrous forms; to…
- informieren to inform, to update; to read up on, to find out, to research, to look into, (rare) to…
- teilnehmen to participate (in)
- hängen to hang, to be suspended; to be attached to; to be fond of; to be devoted to; to cling to
- schließen to shut; to close; to shut down; to lock
- beenden to finish, to complete, to (bring/put to an) end; to terminate
- wählen to choose, to select; to dial (a telephone number, etc.)
- bauen to build, to construct; to rely
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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