Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List — A1 to C2 — Words 2,161–2,220
Continuing the list — words 2,161 to 2,220 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.
- wiederwählen to reelect
- zurückgewinnen to win back, to recover
- scheuen to shy, to balk at (to physically refuse going near a source of fear, especially of…
- vorbeugen to prevent, obviate; to lean forward
- besaufen to get drunk
- plagen to plague
- austrinken to empty; to finish
- kompromittieren to compromise (breach a security system)
- zerlegen to dismantle, disassemble, decompose; to dismember, dissect
- dröhnen to boom; to thud; to roar (make a loud, dull sound; such as that of a military aircraft)
- lahmlegen to bring to a standstill
- mitwirken to participate, cooperate
- verknüpfen to combine
- tolerieren to tolerate
- festsitzen to be stuck
- kollabieren to faint, collapse, to suffer from syncope, circulatory collapse; to collapse, break down
- wanken to sway, waver (swing slowly, usually such that there is danger of fall or collapse); to…
- verstauchen to sprain
- miauen to meow
- schreiten to stride; to step, to proceed
- tagen to meet; to dawn
- aufheitern to cheer (someone) up; to clear (up) (of weather etc.)
- einchecken to check in
- abschätzen to estimate, to judge (especially a value/amount/distance or the outcome of something)
- dabeihaben to have (something) with oneself
- schinden to mistreat, maltreat; to make an effort, to toil
- bedrängen to beset, to harass; to press hard; squeeze
- grübeln to brood, to ponder, to ruminate, to muse, to worry, to fret
- preisen to hail, laud, praise
- abstatten to do; to leave; synonym of abzahlen
- überbieten to exceed; to outbid
- anbeißen to bite; to take the bait; to bite into; to take a first bite of; to eat a bit of
- einwickeln to envelop, wrap up, wrap (enclose in fabric, paper, etc.); to fool, take in (deceive,…
- abwehren to fend off, to repel, to keep away; to refuse, to say no
- berechtigen to entitle; to authorize
- ankämpfen to battle
- posen to pose; Poznan (a city in Greater Poland, Poland)
- würfeln to dice (cut into small cubes); to play dice
- beisetzen to bury; to add
- weglassen to omit
- zappeln to wriggle, to make fidgety movements (with the limbs and/or torso)
- schulen to school
- proben to rehearse
- zerfallen to disintegrate; to decay
- flattern to flutter
- vorbestellen to reserve (a book); to preorder
- herumsitzen to sit around; spend time sitting idly
- verstricken to entangle, to ensnare
- applaudieren to applaud
- belauschen to overhear, to eavesdrop on
- schnitzen to carve (e.g. a figure, usually out of wood)
- bestaunen to marvel at
- begnadigen to pardon
- pensionieren to pension
- peilen to take a bearing of, determine the direction, position, or depth of; to understand, grasp
- schwanken to fluctuate; to vary; to waver; to shake; to rock; to sway
- melken to milk (a cow, goat etc.); to drain; to draw from (someone or something), especially…
- statuieren to state
- weggeben to give away; to take away
- vermöbeln to beat up
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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