Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List, A1 to C2, Words 1,981–2,040
Words 1,981 to 2,040 of 2,742, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,742
entries
114
at A1
167
at A2
397
at B1
- überschätzen to overestimate
- hineingehen to go in, to go inside
- besagen to say, state, have it (said of texts or utterances, not of persons); to mean, signify
- ableiten to derive; to differentiate (to find the derivative of)
- ahnden to punish something (the object is always the deed, never the perpetrator)
- abblasen to blow off something (e.g., dust); to blow clear; to call off a hunt
- anlangen to touch (literally); to arrive
- ankurbeln to crank up; to boost
- umstimmen to retune; to change someone's mind
- wegschaffen to take away
- zurücklegen to put back (an object to its original place); to put aside (to save or keep for later)
- zertrümmern to smash (into pieces), to shatter, to pound
- bedecken to cover; to make mate
- zurückschlagen to retaliate
- verspäten to be late, to be delayed
- lockern to loosen, to ease (grip), to relax (standards)
- bluffen to bluff
- hinterlegen to deposit; to consign
- abbringen to dissuade, discourage, put/throw off course
- auslasten to use to capacity
- verlangsamen to slow down
- verabscheuen to abhor, to detest, to loathe, to abominate
- ausbreiten to spread, spread out; to extend
- preisgeben to abandon, forsake, relinquish, surrender; to disclose, reveal, betray (a secret)
- schummeln to cheat (especially in games, but also in business, school, etc.)
- bereichern to enrich
- verdauen to digest (separate food in the alimentary canal); to process (a piece of news etc.), to…
- schlichten to settle, to mediate (a dispute or argument); to smoothen (metal, wood, leather, etc.)
- verschlüsseln to encrypt; to code, to summarize in a category according to a classification system
- verdecken to mask, to hide, to occlude, to obstruct; to cover
- ausschlafen sleep late, sleep in; sleep off
- weismachen [with dative] make believe
- spalten to split (something); to cleave; to chop; to split up; to become divided
- bemängeln to criticize, to find fault with
- aufkreuzen to sail close-hauled; to turn up, to show up
- rocken to get done, to accomplish; distaff
- hinwegkommen to get over
- nageln to nail (to hammer or drive a nail into something); to nail (of a male, to have sexual…
- ausweisen to expel, to banish (from a country); to designate, to demarcate (an area as/for…
- aufschließen to unlock
- beschmutzen to make dirty, stain (also figurative)
- anstiften to incite, to encourage (someone to commit some misdeed or crime); to cause, to bring…
- entpuppen to eclose, to emerge from its cocoon/pupa; to turn out to be (become apparent or known)
- grenzen to border; to come close to, to almost be (to be very similar)
- widerrufen to revoke, rescind, cancel
- vergewissern to make sure (of); to check; to make certain (of)
- erniedrigen to abase (to lower so as to hurt feelings), to dishonor, to humble
- untergraben to undermine, to subvert
- injizieren to inject
- praktizieren to bring into practice; to practice as a medical doctor
- durchblicken to look through; to understand
- ergattern to grab; to snatch; to get
- minimieren to minimize / minimise
- schwächeln to weaken slightly
- anstehen to stand in a queue; to be pending, to be upcoming, to be on the agenda, to be due
- gewahren to become aware of
- herausstellen to put something outside (in direction towards the speaker); to emphasize, underline
- beanspruchen to claim (to demand ownership of something); to require
- beilegen to enclose (with a letter); to attach (importance)
- diskriminieren to discriminate against
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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