Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List — A1 to C2 — Words 241–300
Continuing the list — words 241 to 300 of 1,897, still commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
1,897
entries
45
at A1
137
at A2
227
at B1
Each row links to the word's full entry — meanings, forms, examples and audio — on its own level page.
- kennenlernen to get to know, become acquainted with (a person, place, thing); to befriend.; to meet;…
- zurückkehren to return
- anbieten to offer, to provide; to offer for sale or rent
- verwenden to use, to employ, to apply; to make expenses applied on a material object
- achten to care about, to pay attention to; to keep an eye on
- berichten to relate, to tell, to give an account of; to report (especially by the media or…
- vorbereiten to prepare; to prepare, to get ready
- erfüllen to fill (with something physical or abstract); to fulfill / fulfil
- prüfen to check, test, examine; to try, to put (someone) through hardship
- erscheinen to appear; to come out, be released
- fürchten to fear; to be afraid
- bestehen to succeed, to pass (an exam); to consist
- leiten to lead; to manage (an organization)
- identifizieren to identify
- verhandeln to negotiate, to debate; to bargain
- überraschen to surprise
- betrachten to look at, to consider, to behold; to regard, to consider, look upon (something in a…
- verbinden to join, to combine, to connect, to interlink; to bandage
- beschreiben to describe; to write on
- reagieren to react; to respond
- gewöhnen to accustom, inure, make accustomed; to get used (to), accustom oneself, become accustomed
- eingehen to enter; to go inside; to arrive (of everything that can be received such postal items,…
- studieren to study at university or college level; to be a student (of); to study scientifically;…
- abnehmen to take off (to remove something that is attached to something or on top of it); to take…
- ersetzen to replace
- diskutieren to discuss
- enttäuschen to disappoint (displease by not fulfilling an expectation)
- löschen to quench (fire, thirst, or lime); to delete, to erase (remembrance, memory, data)
- vertragen to tolerate, bear; could do with (need something that would be beneficial)
- mitteilen to inform about, to tell, to disclose, to impart, to report, to announce; to share with,…
- einsteigen to get in or on; to join
- begreifen to grasp fully; to comprehend; to conceive, to fathom; to understand intellectually
- bestimmen to determine
- zurückgeben to give back, return
- verschieben to move, to shift; to postpone, to adjourn
- ausschalten to turn off, to switch off, to power down, to disable (to stop a device or disable its…
- ausgeben to spend, to expend; to pay out; to dispense
- bestand first/third-person singular preterite of bestehen
- aufbauen to build, to construct, to erect; to rebuild, to reconstruct
- begegnen meet, to encounter, to come across; to face, to confront
- ahnen to suspect, guess
- zwang first/third-person singular preterite of zwingen
- vorschlagen to propose, to suggest
- erhöhen to heighten, raise; to increase
- übernachten to stay overnight, to overnight, stay the night, sleep over
- präsentieren to present, to showcase; to introduce
- ermitteln to determine, to identify (a value or identity; through a calculation or other process);…
- empfehlen to propose, to advise in favor of; to commend
- ausdrücken to squeeze, to squeeze out; to stub out (a cigarette)
- fordern to demand, ask; to claim
- hinfahren to give a ride [auxiliary haben] (to drive for someone else to reach a destination); to…
- ärgern to annoy, to make angry; to be annoyed, to be angry, to get annoyed, to get angry
- ablehnen to decline, refuse, reject, turn down
- bedauern to regret; to pity
- einschlafen to fall asleep; to pass away, die (peacefully)
- vergleichen to compare
- bemerken to notice, to perceive; to remark, to mention, to note
- organisieren to organize
- stattfinden to take place, to happen
- beseitigen to dispose of (get rid of something), remove, eliminate; to eliminate (kill)
Common questions
How many German verbs should I know?
This list holds 1,897 verbs graded A1 to C2. 182 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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