Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List — A1 to C2 — Words 2,581–2,640
Continuing the list — words 2,581 to 2,640 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.
- 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
- schärfen to sharpen; to strengthen; to sharpen
- simulieren to feign; to malinger
- titeln to publish a story under a specified headline; to entitle (give a title to)
- ausspucken to spit out; to eject, to dispense
- besänftigen to appease, to soothe, to mollify
- überschwemmen to flood, to inundate, to submerge
- reinwaschen to cleanse; to whitewash
- vergöttern to worship, deify (treat someone/something as sacred, godlike, worthy of veneration)
- bügeln to iron
- verscheuchen to shoo, to shoo away, to scare away, to drive away
- beflecken to stain, to discolor (e.g. a piece of clothing); to stain, to tarnish (e.g. reputation)
- voraussagen to predict
- verzehren to consume; to languish
- stammeln to stammer
- abzeichnen to draw a copy of something, to depict something as closely as possible as a drawing; to…
- kribbeln to prickle; to tickle; to run about busily; to be restless; to sit down and stand up often
- belangen to concern, to touch a matter; to prosecute, to take recourse to
- herumführen to show around
- einbeziehen to include; to integrate (into)
- zusetzen to add; to give or expend something from one’s reserves
- hintun to put
- frisieren to dress the hair; to fudge, to cook (books)
- schälen to peel; to pare; to husk; to skin; to peel off
- bewaffnen to arm (to supply with weapons)
- altern to age
- designieren to designate (mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
- ängstigen to alarm; to frighten; to be afraid; to be worried
- mindern to abate; to debase
- nachfragen to ask (again), to inquire; to ask for; request (a product)
- einbuchten to bang up (put in prison)
- beschämen to embarrass; to humiliate; to shame
- durchnässen to soak, drench
- deponieren to deposit; to place; to deposit; to landfill
- umschreiben to rewrite (modify a text); to transcribe; to transliterate (convert to another script)
- pachten to lease
- entgegennehmen to receive (to take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.;…
- herführen to lead here
- beiwohnen to attend; to be present; to sleep (with); to cohabit; to have sexual intercourse
- entreißen to wrest (from)
- antreffen to come across; to meet
- schwellen to swell up; to bulge; to swell something
- rattern to rattle; chatter; clatter
- hinschauen to look
- abspringen to jump off; to abandon, leave in the lurch
- verdichten to condense, to densify; to solidify
- trödeln to dally, to trifle, to waste time; to stroll
- zerschneiden to cut up; to cut to pieces
- androhen to threaten
- anzapfen to tap into
- beheimaten to be or become home to someone, something; to give a person a (new) homeland/home; to…
- darlegen to present facts; to explain; to state
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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