Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List — A1 to C2 — Words 2,101–2,160
Continuing the list — words 2,101 to 2,160 of 2,742, still commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,742
entries
128
at A1
159
at A2
385
at B1
Each row links to the word's full entry — meanings, forms, examples and audio — on its own level page.
- zerschmettern to smash; to smash up
- behüten to protect
- überfluten to flood
- wiedergeben to give back, to return (something to its rightful or previous owner); to render, to…
- unterlaufen to circumvent, to undermine; to crop up, to be made (of a mistake or error) [with dative…
- jaulen to yelp, to howl, to yowl (sound of a canine or a similar sound)
- einlösen to redeem; to cash
- entlarven to unmask; to uncover
- einweisen to brief, instruct; to take to a medical facility, to commit
- zocken to gamble; to play video games (sometimes extended to card games)
- zutrauen to think [with dative ‘someone’] capable; not to put it past [with dative ‘someone’] to do
- abladen to unload; to put away or down the freight
- einsammeln to collect; to garner
- verbannen to banish, to exile; to ban
- knüpfen to tie; to knot
- verstümmeln to mutilate
- wohlfühlen to feel comfortable
- überlisten to cheat; to dupe
- verdrehen to twist, to turn, to wrest, to distort, to misrepresent
- flachlegen to nap, to lay down; to put in
- nicken to nod (one's head)
- konfiszieren to confiscate
- belehren to teach, to guide; to inform, to explain
- besteuern to tax
- heimzahlen to pay back, avenge oneself (often playfully or in minor matters)
- parieren to parry; to obey
- prophezeien to prophesy
- regulieren to regulate
- verschleiern to veil; to disguise
- verdenken to blame, hold against
- schieflaufen to go wrong, to go awry
- überlaufen to overflow; to defect
- infizieren to infect (of a pathogen); to infect (with a pathogen)
- bloßstellen to expose, to embarrass
- verschwitzen to soak with sweat; to forget
- trüben to muddle, bedim, blear, blur (make something turbid or unclear); to cloud, tarnish…
- abschrecken to discourage (to take away or reduce the courage of), to daunt, to repel, to scare; to…
- vortragen to lecture; to give a report; to present; to report
- entschädigen to compensate, to indemnify; the subject having suffered a damage
- hinzukommen to be added
- modernisieren to modernize; to modernize (chiefly in the context of renovation of one's facilities)
- verdreifachen to triple (to multiply by three); to triple (to become three times as large)
- knien to kneel
- versiegeln to seal up
- vorbeifahren to drive by, to pass
- nachlassen to subside, abate, taper off; to let up, to ease off
- distanzieren to distance; to leave behind
- heimfahren to drive home
- abtransportieren to transport away; to evacuate
- erbeuten to plunder; to prey on
- anfertigen to manufacture, to make, to produce, to create, to craft; to draw up (a document)
- reflektieren to reflect; to reflect on, to ponder
- abkühlen to cool off, to cool down; cooling, quenching
- umkommen to be killed; to perish; to die a (usually) violent death
- verklingen to fade away
- verbeugen to bow
- beharren to insist; to persevere, to persist
- herhalten to serve as; to hold out (to move and hold something in the direction and within reach…
- kalkulieren to calculate; to reckon
- genesen to recover; to recuperate
Common questions
How many German verbs should I know?
This list holds 2,742 verbs graded A1 to C2. 287 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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