Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List, A1 to C2, Words 241–300
Words 241 to 300 of 2,742, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,742
entries
114
at A1
167
at A2
397
at B1
- baden to bathe, to give a bath to or have a bath.; Baden (various places with multiple hot…
- verlieben to fall in love
- übernachten to stay overnight, to overnight, stay the night, sleep over
- ärgern to annoy, to make angry; to be annoyed, to be angry, to get annoyed, to get angry
- verbieten to forbid, prohibit (someone from doing something)
- aussprechen to pronounce (sound a word, give it a pronunciation); to be pronounced; to have a…
- austragen to (go from house to house and) deliver sth.,; to take someone or something off a list
- abschließen to end, to finish or complete (one's studies, a task); to shut off
- beschweren to weight, to weight down; to complain
- herunterladen to download (to transfer data from a remote computer to a local one)
- bewerben to apply (submit oneself as a candidate); to try to win (someone's) favour/favor; to court
- fotografieren to photograph
- speichern to store, save (keep safe for future use); to save (write data to a storage medium)
- braten to pan-fry; to roast; to grill; to broil
- mieten to hire, to rent
- verreisen to take a trip, travel, go out of town
- einpacken to wrap up; to pack up (a gift, etc.); to dress warmly; to bundle up
- übersetzen to translate, to interpret; to compile
- auspacken to unbox, to unpack, to unwrap (a package, gift, etc.); to come clean, to tell all, to…
- surfen to surf; to surf (the Web)
- anmachen to switch on, to turn on (a lamp, a stove, an electronic device, etc.); to light, to…
- überweisen to transfer, to wire
- ausfüllen to fill in; to fill completely; to take up; to fill in or fill out (a form)
- begründen to justify, to explain (to give a reason for a chosen course of action); to found, to…
- vermieten to rent (to someone), to rent out
- joggen to jog; to get oneself into a certain state by jogging
- schneien to snow; to fall in large quantities like snow
- notieren to note, to note down, to write down, to jot down; to be offered for purchase, to trade
- renovieren to renovate
- reservieren to reserve
- buchstabieren to spell (name the letters of a word)
- leidtun to regret, to be sorry (with the cause of the regret as the subject and the person…
- eintragen to endorse; to enter, to record
- besichtigen to visit (a city, tourist site, monument etc.); to have a look around; to view (a…
- schimpfen to tell off, to scold, to yell at; to complain, to grouse, to bitch, to curse
- umsteigen to change, to interchange, to switch (from one means of transport to another)
- grillen to grill
- chatten to chat
- Recht haben to be (in the) right
- an sein To be on, shortening of angeschaltet sein as well as of eingeschaltet sein, based on the…
- erkältet sein to have a cold
- gelten to be valid; to count; to hold true; to be effective; to be in force
- erhalten to receive (something given, sent, won, etc.); to receive (a rebuke, punishment, fine,…
- sorgen to take care of, to care for, to look after; to bring about, to ensure, to cause [with…
- rennen to run; to race; to sprint (said of competing sportsmen, animals etc.); to run over…
- bieten to offer; to present; to bid; to offer to pay a certain price
- verlassen to leave, to abandon; to depart, to forsake; to leave, to desert, to dump (e.g. a…
- führen to lead; to carry, to sell
- reichen to reach (extend a certain distance); to pass, to hand, to serve, to put within reach
- klingen to ring; to clink; to sound
- nutzen to make use of; to deploy; to exploit; to harness; to take (the opportunity of); to be…
- nützen alternative form of nutzen
- retten to save, to rescue
- handeln to act; to take action; to negotiate; to bargain; to haggle
- funktionieren to work, function; to work, work out
- ziehen to pull; to drag; to draw (e.g. a weapon); to extract; to puff
- verschwinden to disappear, to vanish, to move out of view; to leave, to go away
- vertrauen to trust, to place confidence in
- unterstützen to support, to assist, to help, to aid; to endorse, to give support, to show support, to…
- fordern to demand, ask; to claim
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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