Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List — A1 to C2 — Words 1,861–1,897
Continuing the list — words 1,861 to 1,897 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.
- überzahlen to pay, to transfer money; to overpay
- durchgeknallt past participle of durchknallen
- gedemütigt past participle of demütigen
- erwürgen to strangle (choke someone to death); to kill violently, to slay, murder
- hinrichten to execute, to put to death
- fälschen to counterfeit, to forge
- verbluten to bleed to death, to bleed out (die from loss of blood)
- entbehren to do without, to dispense with; to be deprived of
- versohlen to spank
- erstechen to stab to death
- verstümmelt past participle of verstümmeln
- niederbrennen to burn down
- plagen to plague
- entbunden past participle of entbinden
- ertönen to sound; to ring out
- exekutiert
- zerfressen to eat away, devour
- zerfleischen to maul (of prey)
- entjungfert past participle of entjungfern
- entfesselt past participle of entfesseln
- verschlüsseln to encrypt; to code, to summarize in a category according to a classification system
- prostituieren to prostitute
- wildern to poach
- gerinnen to coagulate (become congealed)
- neiden to have envy
- zivilisieren to civilise
- anwidern to disgust
- verklingen to fade away
- verheeren to devastate
- schwarzbrennen to moonshine, to illegally distill alcohol
- übersäen to strew, to stud, to litter
- entgegeneilen to hasten towards (something), to rush to meet (someone)
- abscheiden to deposit, precipitate; to eliminate
- gleichstehen to be equal to; to rank equally
- schwefeln to sulphurize
- aussetzen to suspend; to expose
- weiterschönreden to keep glossing over; to carry on whitewashing
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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