Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List, A1 to C2, Words 1,861–1,920
Words 1,861 to 1,920 of 2,742, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,742
entries
114
at A1
167
at A2
397
at B1
- beherbergen to shelter, put up, to harbour
- absitzen to serve (time, e. g. in prison); to dismount (from a horse)
- schnauben to snort; to pant (to breathe loudly)
- saubermachen to clean
- zucken to jerk; to twitch
- pennen to sleep; to be inattentive
- triumphieren to triumph
- würgen to strangle, to choke; to gag, to retch
- häufen to heap (up), to pile up; to amass, accumulate, aggregate
- wärmen to warm
- knarren to creak, to squeak (of a floor, door, stair, etc.)
- abwenden to avert, to turn to the side; to turn away
- heimgehen to go home; to pass away; to die
- initiieren to initiate
- schüren to poke, stoke (to poke a fire to remove ash or promote burning); to stoke, stir up,…
- veranschlagen to estimate; to reckon
- verdeutlichen to make (something) clear, to clarify, to elucidate
- flicken to patch up, to mend; patch
- spionieren to spy
- einreden to talk into (doing/believing something), convince, persuade; [with auf and accusative]…
- wegziehen to pull away; to move, to move away
- lynchen to lynch, to kill someone (in a mob or crowd)
- duften to smell very pleasantly
- hämmern to hammer
- hocken to squat; to crouch; to sit in a huddled position; to sit (in general)
- boomen to boom (to flourish, grow, or progress)
- spritzen to spurt, to squirt; to inject
- erfrieren to freeze to death
- rammen to ram
- überschatten to overshadow
- ablassen to drain; to let off, to let out; to let go, to desist, to refrain from doing something
- bezwingen to overcome (an obstacle); to defeat
- beeinträchtigen to impair, to negatively affect (a quality, ability, experience)
- bestücken to equip (with weapons, fashion accessories, transistors, etc.); to populate (with…
- mitreden to join in a conversation; to have a say
- hergeben to hand over (towards speaker); to provide
- fälschen to counterfeit, to forge
- beliefern to supply
- erklingen to sound (to produce a sound)
- unterwerfen to subdue, to subordinate; to submit to
- stagnieren to stagnate; to stagnate (develop slowly, make no progress)
- campen to camp
- verunglücken to have a serious accident (usually implying grave injury and/or danger to life, often…
- reinstecken to insert, stick in, stick into; to tuck in
- sanieren to redevelop; to reconstruct
- verbleiben to remain
- verkabeln to hook [with accusative ‘someone/something’] up with cables
- auffressen to eat up, to consume (until nothing is left)
- kneifen to pinch, to squeeze; to chicken out; to back out; to shirk
- abschleppen to tow; to tow away (a car etc.); to pick up (a person in a pub etc.)
- scherzen to joke; to jest; to frolic
- schaukeln to swing back and forth, to rock to and fro (e.g. a baby)
- autorisieren to authorize
- einfrieren to freeze (to lower something's temperature to freezing point); to freeze (wages,…
- weiterziehen to move on
- auslachen to laugh at; to finish laughing
- verkuppeln to set up, matchmake
- blinzeln to squint; to blink
- diagnostizieren to diagnose
- überreagieren to overreact
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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