Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List — A1 to C2 — Words 2,401–2,460
Continuing the list — words 2,401 to 2,460 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.
- 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
- managen to manage (a team, a band, etc.); to handle, to deal with (an ongoing task or…
- segeln to sail
- umkleiden to get changed (clothes)
- herrichten to arrange; to prepare
- auferlegen to impose
- auslagern to swap; to outsource
- verkommen to go bad, to decay; debauched, depraved
- intensivieren to intensify; to make more intense
- unterkommen to find a place (e.g., a job, accommodation, etc.); to find shelter
- aufbleiben to wake; to stay awake; to stay up; to remain open
- überziehen to put on (an article of clothing etc.) (over something else); to hit, whack
- zurückdrehen to turn back
- rupfen to pluck; to tear off; to rip; to rip off
- infiltrieren to infiltrate
- einleben to settle in
- sprühen to spray; to radiate with a certain feeling or quality; to be full of or bursting with…
- aufhorchen to listen up closely
- aussortieren to sort out (to take out a specific kind (e.g. broken, special) of entity while sorting…
- inspizieren to inspect
- anbeten to worship, to adore
- glühen to glow; glow
- austreten to leave, retire from, quit; to stamp out (a fire, etc.)
- durchleben to experience, to live through
- aufsitzen to mount (a horse, vehicle); [with dative] to fall for, to be deceived by
- umbenennen to rename
- vorhersagen to forecast, to predict
- vernachlässigen to neglect
- verschwören to conspire; to dedicate oneself
- übertreten to join (another faith, party, etc.); to convert to [with zu]; to enter, to pass into (a…
- verblassen to fade
- verspüren to feel, sense
- kapitulieren to surrender, to capitulate; to surrender, to give up
- nachmachen to imitate, to copy
- krümmen to bend (a finger etc.); to writhe
- widerspiegeln to reflect; to mirror
- zertifizieren to certify
- dämpfen to steam, treat with steam; to damp (to attenuate or deaden, as vibrations)
- quetschen to squeeze, to squish (to exert strong targeted pressure on something, pushing against…
- durchlassen to leak; to let pass
- auskennen to know one's way around; to know a lot (about); to have profound and systematic…
- umschauen to look around
- auszeichnen to distinguish (make different); to honour, award, decorate
- ausreden to finish speaking; to make an excuse, to talk one's way out of
- nachlegen to add more of the same, especially of firewood, food etc.; to add to an argument, to…
- tendieren to tend
- verankern to anchor; to enshrine (to protect within an official law or treaty)
- zurückblicken to look back
- schlürfen to slurp; to sip loudly
- wegfliegen to fly away; to drive something away through the air
- verbitten to not tolerate
- totschlagen to beat to death
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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