Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List, A1 to C2, Words 2,521–2,580
Words 2,521 to 2,580 of 2,742, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,742
entries
114
at A1
167
at A2
397
at B1
- anregen to encourage; to excite
- auseinandernehmen to dismantle; to thoroughly defeat
- aufatmen (semelfactive, intransitive) to breathe again
- trompeten to trumpet
- unterstehen [with dative] to be subordinate to; to dare, to have the audacity
- einäschern to cremate
- festbinden to tie down, to fixate by tying
- abblitzen to misfire; to rebuff
- terrorisieren to terrorize
- zusammentreffen to coincide (to happen simultaneously); to encounter; to meet
- dampfen to steam (to produce or vent steam); to steam (to travel by means of steam power)
- tätowieren to tattoo; tattoo (method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under…
- zivilisieren to civilise
- verspeisen to eat up, especially with great pleasure and enjoyment
- flöten to play the flute; to speak in a high voice, usually charmingly
- abhacken to chop up with an axe
- vorankommen to move forward; to (make) progress, to make headway
- vorfinden to find; discover (after having arrived somewhere or opened sth.)
- reinhauen to beat up; to dig in (i.e. food)
- rätseln to puzzle over
- einschläfern to put to sleep
- erkaufen to gain something through sacrifice; to gain something by bribery
- dableiben to stay there
- anlocken to lure
- bewerkstelligen to bring about, realize
- entgegnen to retort, to counter (to reply with a counterpoint or opposing sentiment)
- expandieren to expand
- hallen to echo
- illustrieren to illustrate
- freimachen to put a stamp on (envelope, letter, parcel); to clear (a road, a path)
- abbeißen to bite off; to snap off
- baumeln to dangle, to hang slack (swaying slightly); to relax
- betätigen to engage (a switch, lever, pedal etc. or a device therewith)
- eskortieren to escort
- anordnen to arrange, to put into a certain order (a set of items); to order, to mandate (actions,…
- quellen to well, to spring (issue forth, as water from the earth); to swell, to soak (expand by…
- verfangen to be or get caught, to be or get entangled (as in a net, trap, etc.); to work, work…
- abbilden to portray, to depict, to picture; to map, to outline
- zutragen to carry (something to someone); to report, inform (someone of something)
- zuwenden to turn; to devote
- herankommen to approach, to come close
- bestatten to bury
- dichtmachen to close off, to seal up; to close down, to close up, to shutter
- belagern to besiege
- japsen to be out of breath, short of breath; to gasp for air
- vorladen to summons, to subpoena
- erlöschen to extinguish; to quench, to douse; to become extinguished; to become extinct
- verstören to disturb (of someone's mental state)
- verwehen to blow away (wind)
- ködern to bait
- absperren to block off, to close, to barricade, to prevent access to (a building or area); to cut…
- einbetten to embed
- ersehnen to long for
- verleiten to cause someone to do something detrimental, risky or imprudent, to incite; to entice,…
- stilllegen to put out of service, to shut down, to decommission
- verlernen to lose the ability to do a task due to rarely doing it; to unlearn, forget; to cease…
- ausbringen to raise, to utter (something) in front of others which they echo or react to; to…
- tratschen to gossip, to chitchat
- anwachsen to accrue, rise, increase; to grow (on); to take root
- gähnen to yawn
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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