german verbs
these are the 100 most common verbs in the german language according to A Frequency Dictionary of German sorted alphabetically. if you find a mistake anywhere/something’s unclear, please let me know!
anbieten - to offer
anfangen - to begin
ansehen - to look at, watch
arbeiten - to work
aussehen to appear, look
bedeuten - to mean
beginnen - to begin
bekommen - to get, receive
bestehen - to consist (of); to pass (an exam)
betreffen - to concern
bieten - to offer
bilden - to form; educate
bleiben - to stay, remain
brauchen - to need
bringen - to bring, take
darstellen - to depict, portray
denken - to think
dürfen - to be allowed
entsprechen - to correspond
entstehen - to originate, develop
entwickeln - to develop
ergeben - to result in
erhalten - to receive
erinnern - to remember
erkennen - to recognize
erklären - to explain
erreichen - to achieve, reach
erscheinen - to appear
erwarten - to expect
erzählen - to narrate, tell
fahren - to drive, ride
fallen - to fall
fehlen - to lack, be missing
finden - to find
folgen - to follow
fragen - to ask
fühlen - to feel
führen - to lead
geben - to give
gehen - to go
gehören - to belong
gelten - to count, be valid
gewinnen - to win
glauben - to believe
haben - to have
halten - to hold
handeln - to deal, trade
heißen - to be called
helfen - to help
interessieren - to interest
kennen - to know
kommen - to come
können - to be able
lassen - to let, allow
laufen - to run
leben - to live
legen - to lay, put (down)
lernen - to learn
lesen - to read
liegen - to lie
machen - to do, make
meinen - to think, have an opinion
mögen - to like
müssen - must, to have to
nehmen - to take
nennen - to name, to call (a name)
reden - to talk
sagen - to say
schaffen - to create; to succeed
scheinen - to shine; to seem, appear
schließen - to close
schreiben - to write
sehen - to see
sein - to be
setzen - to set, place
sitzen - to sit
sollen - should
spielen - to play
sprechen - to speak
stehen - to stand
stellen - to place, set
studieren - to study (in university)
suchen - to search, look for
tragen - to carry, wear
treffen - to meet
tun - to do
verbinden - to connect, link
vergehen - to elapse; to decay
vergleichen - to compare
verlieren - to lose
verstehen - to understand
versuchen - to try, attempt
vorstellen - to introduce; to imagine
warten - to wait
werden - to become
wissen - to know
wohnen - to live
wollen - to want
zeigen - to show
ziehen - to pull
