Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List, A1 to C2, Words 2,341–2,400
Words 2,341 to 2,400 of 2,742, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,742
entries
114
at A1
167
at A2
397
at B1
- zuschreiben to attribute, to ascribe; to credit, impute, refer (attribute or ascribe a cause or…
- bürgen to vouch; to guarantee
- einwechseln to substitute, to replace, to change
- schminken to put on (make-up, lipstick, etc.), to make up one's face; to put on facepaint (e.g. as…
- signieren to sign (put a signature)
- nachladen to reload
- aushändigen to hand over
- meditieren to meditate
- abgewinnen to win something from someone; to take pleasure in
- stricken to knit; to make, devise, concoct (e.g. a story, a ruse)
- offenlegen to unfold, to disclose, to unveil, to reveal
- vertiefen to deepen; to delve
- zusammenschließen to unite, to merge
- wahrhaben to accept, to recognize; to be right, to speak truth
- abschütteln to shake off, to shake something to remove things from it; to shake off, to move in such…
- labern to slurp; to drink noisily; to talk or speak unnecessarily lengthily; to talk idly; to…
- zähmen to tame
- einstürzen to collapse
- verspannen to tense up; to brace
- durchbrennen to continue to burn; to burn through (some period of time); to burn through
- einfließen to flow in
- vermischen to mix together; to put colors softly together
- verschlimmern to make worse, to worsen, to aggravate; to become worse
- freinehmen to take off (to absent oneself from work or other responsibility)
- absteigen to dismount; to get off something that one stands or sits on; chiefly used when the…
- wegmachen to remove (e.g. a stain); to go away; to bugger off
- anbelangen to concern, to touch a matter
- aufbereiten to process; to condition
- rülpsen to burp
- bereitstehen to be available or ready
- rausfliegen to be kicked out; to fly out
- einordnen to categorize; to classify (to determine the class of an item)
- hervorrufen to arouse, to evoke, to induce, to cause, to bring about
- verwetten to lose by betting; to use as stake
- knabbern to nibble
- widerlegen to disprove, to refute
- zuordnen to categorize, to classify; to assign, to allocate
- eingrenzen to contain, to limit
- beehren to compliment; to favor
- austrocknen to dry out; draining
- miterleben to also experience; to also be present, alive (alongside others) at the time of
- hochnehmen to take upstairs; to take to an elevated place; to lift (something) up, especially…
- durchwühlen to ransack
- enthaupten to behead, to decapitate
- krächzen to croak; to caw
- bändigen to tame, to restrain, to subdue
- anpacken to go about, to tackle
- tarnen to camouflage; to mask, disguise, hide, cover
- mithören to overhear; to listen to, to listen in
- ausstrecken to stretch, to reach out
- umschalten to switch
- verlesen to misread; to read out
- abarbeiten to work off (a debt, the items on a to-do list, etc); to resolve or take care of…
- raunen to whisper; to say secretly (especially in an eerie way); to murmur; to whisper (to…
- zelebrieren to celebrate (extol or honour in a solemn manner); to celebrate (hold a ceremony)
- überrumpeln to take by surprise
- verwählen to misdial
- vereinigen to unite, join, band, unify
- adressieren to address
- favorisieren to favor
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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