Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List, A1 to C2, Words 2,281–2,340
Words 2,281 to 2,340 of 2,742, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,742
entries
114
at A1
167
at A2
397
at B1
- schwinden to dwindle (to decrease, shrink, vanish)
- verschanzen to barricade
- einschenken to pour (a drink into a glass or cup)
- abdrehen to veer; to peel off
- ausreißen to tear out; to run away, to get away (to flee an enclosure, home, control with a leash,…
- enttarnen to expose, to unmask, to uncover; to decloak
- gutgehen to go well, to be fine
- plätschern to trickle; to babble (said of a river)
- vergeigen to screw up; to play the wrong note on the violin
- mithelfen to help, to assist
- zerstückeln to dismember
- aussperren to lock out (To prevent from entering a place, particularly oneself, inadvertently)
- niederlassen to settle, to relocate
- aufwarten to serve, to wait (in a restaurant, etc.); to pay a courtesy visit
- automatisieren to automate; to automatize
- entgegenwirken to counteract or counter,; to thwart,
- erkämpfen to gain through struggle
- konfigurieren to configure
- mitmischen to be involved, interfere, muscle in
- missfallen to displease, to dissatisfy
- verkleinern to make smaller; to become smaller
- zurückfallen to fall back; to fall backwards; to fall behind; to drop behind
- verstellen to adjust, alter, misalign; to displace, shift, to put back in the wrong place
- ausspionieren to spy on
- währen to last, persist
- reintun to put in
- furzen to fart
- masturbieren masturbate, jack off (male), jill off (female), play with oneself
- verrechnen to calculate several quantities together; particularly: to offset one against another;…
- zurücksetzen to put back; to reset
- durchkämmen to comb thoroughly; to search throughly
- umkippen to topple, to topple over
- färben to color; to dye
- abtreiben to go/be sent off course; to have an abortion
- trotzen to defy, to brave
- verkriechen to creep away; to hide away, to be holed up
- forcieren to accelerate, to force, to push
- tönen to give a loud and far-reaching sound; to sound; to give or have a sound
- strecken to stretch (oneself, for example after waking up); to stretch (a specific body part)
- schmollen to sulk, to pout (to express sullenness, especially by not speaking or curling one's…
- lasten to weigh on, to bear on
- verschmelzen to blend, merge, coalesce; to fuse (together)
- dasitzen to sit there; synonym of dastehen
- heimbringen to bring home
- entehren to dishonor (to bring dishonor upon something or someone); to dishonor (to have…
- wühlen to rummage, to grub; to dig, to burrow, to tunnel
- bejubeln to cheer
- experimentieren to experiment
- krönen to crown
- wappnen to prepare oneself, to arm oneself; to arm
- ausschwärmen to deploy
- entbinden to see a woman through childbirth; to deliver; to give birth; referring to labour,…
- absorbieren to absorb, to soak up
- funkeln to sparkle, twinkle, glitter
- entziffern decipher; to make out, to read (handwriting, text in small print, etc.)
- stillschweigen to be quiet
- abschwächen to make milder, weaken, abate, attenuate, soften; to alleviate, mitigate
- kreisen to circle, to wheel; to revolve
- klirren to clink, to clank, to clash, to jingle, to clatter.
- nachsagen to repeat something said by someone else; to echo; to follow someone's opinion; to say…
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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