Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List, A1 to C2, Words 2,581–2,640
Words 2,581 to 2,640 of 2,742, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,742
entries
114
at A1
167
at A2
397
at B1
- 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
- googeln to google
- 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
- entbrennen to break out, flare up, erupt
- verduften to lose its smell; to take off, scram
- zurücklehnen to recline, to lean back; to lie back, to sit back
- chillen to chill (in the informal sense)
- dehnen to stretch, to make longer or wider by pulling, pushing, extending
- brauen to brew
- jonglieren to juggle; juggling
- destabilisieren to destabilize
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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