Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List, A1 to C2, Words 421–480
Words 421 to 480 of 2,742, commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,742
entries
114
at A1
167
at A2
397
at B1
- begleiten to accompany; to conduct, escort
- konzentrieren to concentrate, to focus (one's mind or attention); to concentrate (something)
- überzeugen to convince; to convince oneself
- vergrößern to enlarge, to amplify, to increase; to become larger
- besitzen to own, to possess; to have
- verletzen to hurt, to injure (cause bodily harm to someone); to hurt (someone's feelings)
- vermissen to miss (to feel the absence of someone or something); to have something missing
- verändern to alter, to change; to change
- vermeiden to avoid (something happening, doing something)
- spüren to sense, to detect, to perceive
- erfüllen to fill (with something physical or abstract); to fulfill / fulfil
- stoppen to stop; to measure time with a stopwatch
- verlängern to lengthen; to prolong, to extend
- sichern to secure; to guarantee
- gelingen to turn out well, to work out, to go smoothly, to succeed, to come off
- akzeptieren to accept, to approve, to take, to agree to (e.g. a proposal)
- anziehen senses related to dressing; to get dressed
- umgehen to avoid, bypass, to go around (a physical obstacle); to avoid (something nonphysical)
- achten to care about, to pay attention to; to keep an eye on
- brennen to burn; to light on fire; to burn; to be on fire
- landen to land (to reach solid ground in an air, water or space vessel); to land (to make an…
- entspannend present participle of entspannen
- springen to spring; to leap; to bounce; to dive; to jump; to vault
- zwingen to force; to compel; to make (someone do something); to (strictly) necessitate, to force
- fliehen to flee; to escape; to fly
- trennen to separate, sever, part, disunite, uncouple, segregate, unjoin, disjoin; to sunder
- feststellen to determine, to ascertain, to establish, to find, to see; to notice, to realize, to…
- siegen to be victorious, to win; a city, the administrative seat of Siegen-Wittgenstein…
- greifen to grab; to grasp; to grip (something); to grab; to seize; to snatch (in an aggressive…
- klären to clarify, to clear up (an issue or misunderstanding), to fill in unknown details, to…
- treiben to drive (e.g. livestock); to propel; to force; to put forth; to produce; to sprout
- dienen to serve; to serve, to be a servant (e.g. a butler or maid)
- begegnen meet, to encounter, to come across; to face, to confront
- betrügen to deceive (usually deliberately); to defraud; to perform an act of fraud against; to…
- festhalten to hold on (to) (to keep another object or person in place); to hold on (to) [with an (+…
- spazieren to take a walk, to stroll, to walk leisurely
- fressen to eat; to feed on; to devour; to stuff oneself; to gorge oneself; to eat like a pig
- behaupten to claim, maintain, assert; to stand one's ground
- vermuten to assume, suppose, presume, suspect, (US) guess; to suppose someone to be
- ersetzen to replace
- verursachen to cause, to induce
- entfernen to remove; to gradually move away; to recede; to retreat; to diverge
- installieren to install (set up something for use)
- erschrecken to be frightened; to be startled; to frighten; to scare (someone)
- empfangen to receive (e.g. a present, a guest); to welcome; to greet; to receive cordially
- auffallen to stand out, to be noticeable; to catch (someone's) eye, to be noticeable [with dative…
- aufwachen to awake, to wake up
- testen to test (by experiment or scientific method)
- verabschieden to say goodbye (to); to take leave (of); to stop participating in; to leave (a position,…
- verbrennen to burn (to cause to be consumed by fire or flames), to incinerate, to combust; to burn…
- stinken to stink
- stimmen to be right, to be correct, to be proper, to be true; to vote
- beschädigen to damage
- ausziehen to move out, to vacate; to set off, to set out (in order to achieve a higher goal, into…
- beschäftigen to occupy, to keep occupied, to employ, to engage (possess or use the time, capacity or…
- finanzieren to pay for, to finance, to fund
- reduzieren to reduce; to simplify
- sinken to sink; to submerge; to set; to fall from the sky; to fall; to drop; to decline
- vorhaben to intend, to have (something) planned, to have (something) to do; gerund of vorhaben
- bestrafen to punish
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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