Conjugating German Verbs (A-Z)

Conjugating German Verbs (A-Z) This alphabetical index lists over 500 common German verbs, some with a complete conjugation in all tenses. SYMBOL KEY:  D  Ã‚  Dative verb,  M  Ã‚  Modal verb, .s sich  Reflexive verb,  S  Ã‚  Strong verb  (irregular verb),  C  Ã‚  Stem-changing verb  (in pres. tense),  an|fangen  Ã‚  Verb with separable prefix German Verbs A-K A-D E-G H-K Aachten to pay attention to, respectan|erkennen S to recognize, acknowledgean|fangen C/S to begin See Verb prefixes (an-, aus- )angeln to fish, anglean|kommen S to arrivendern to change, alteran|greifen S to attackan|haben S to have on, wearan|nehmen S to accept; assumean|rufen S to call up (tel)antworten D to answers. an|ziehen S to get dressedarbeiten to workrgern to annoy, irritateatmen to breatheauf|fallen S to stand out, attract attentionaus|kommen S to come out, have enough of, make do, get along withaus|machen - 10 meanings!aus|stellen to exhibits. aus|ziehen to undressBbacken S to bakebaden to bathe, swimbauen to buildbeben to quake, tremblebedeuten to means. bedienen to serve oneselfbefehlen S to commands. befinden S to be, find oneselfbefreien to set freebegegnen D to meetbeginnen S to beginbegleiten to accompanybehalten S to keepbeissen S to bitebekommen S to get, receivebeleben to enliven, cheerbeleidigen to insultbellen to barkbelohnen to rewardbergen S to recover, salva geberichten to reportbersten S to burstbesitzen S to ownbestellen to orderbesuchen to visitbeten to praybetrgen S to deceive, cheatbewegen to movebezahlen to paybiegen S to bendbieten to offer, bidbinden S to tiebitten S to request, ask forblasen C/S to blowbleiben S to stayblicken to look, glanceblitzen to flashblhen to bloombluten to bleedbraten C/S to fry, roastbrauchen to needbrauen to brewbrausen to shower; roarbrechen C/S to breakbrennen S to burnbringen S to bringbrllen to roar, shoutbrsten to brushDdarf See drfendmmen to dam, check, curbdmmern to dawn, fall (dusk); dozedampfen to steamdmpfen to muffle, dampdanken D to thankdar|stellen to show, portraydmmen to dam, check, curbdauern to last, enduredecken to cover, set (table)dehnen to stretchdemonstrieren to demonstratedenken S to thinkdeuten to point, indicatedichten to caulk; write poetrydienen to servedringen S to urge, piercedrucken to printdrcken to push, press; oppressducken to stoop, duck; humbledrfen to be permitted, allowdrsten to thirst, be thirsty Eehren to honorein|atmen to breathe inein|bauen to install, put ins. ein|bilden to imagine, get the ideaempfangen C/S to receiveempfehlen C/S to recommendempfinden to feel, senseentbehren to do without; lack, miss See Verb prefixes (emp-, ent- )entdecken to discoverentfernen to removeentfhren to abduct, kidnapentgegenen to reply, retortenthalten C/S to containentkommen to escape, get awayentschuldigen to excuse, apologizeerfinden to inventerhalten C/S to obtain, receive, preserves. erinnern to remembers. erklten to catch a colderklren to explain, declareerlschen to be extinguished, dimerrichten to erect, establisherschpfen to exhaust, drainerschrecken S to be frightenedersticken to choke, smothererwgen to consider, pondererwhnen to mentionerzhlen to tell, recount, relate S to eat Ffahren S to travel, drivefallen S to fallfllen to cut downfalten to foldfangen S to catch, capturefassen to grasp, seize, conceivefechten to fence, fightfeststellen to ascertain, establishfinden S to findfl icken to patch, repairfliegen S to flyfliehen S to flee, avoidflieen S to flow, runfluchen to curse, swearfluten to flood, overflowfolgen D to followfragen to askfressen C/S to eat, feed, devours. freuen to be glad, rejoicefrieren S to freeze, feel coldfrhstcken to eat breakfastfhlen to feel, perceivefhren to leadfllen to fillfrchten to fearGghnen to yawngren to fermentgebren to give birth togeben C/S to givegebrauchen to usegedeihen S to thrive, prospergefallen C/S to be pleasing, likegehen S to gogelingen S to succeedgelten S to be validgenesen to recover, convalesces. genieren to feel embarrassed/awkwardgenieen S to enjoygeraten to get into, fall intogeschehen C/S to happengewinnen S to win, gains. gewhnen to get used to, accustomed togieen S to pour, castglnzen to glitter, shineglauben to believegleichen S to be like, resemblegleiten to glideglotzen to gape, stareglhen to glowgraben S to diggreifen S to grasp, grab, seizegrollen to be angry, grumblegren to greetgucken to look, p eep Hhaben S to havehalten C/S to hold, stop, keephmmern to hammer, poundhandeln to act, trade, dealhngen to hanghassen to hatehauen to hit, hewheben S to lift, raiseheiraten to marryheien S to be namedheilen to healheizen to heathelfen C/S to helpheraus|bekommen S to get out; find out, figure outheraus|fordern to challengehetzen to rush about, inciteheulen to howl, bawlhindern to hamper, impedehoffen to hopehren to hearhpfen to hop, jumphusten to coughIidentifizieren to identifyimmatrikulieren to register (univ)impfen to vaccinate, inoculateimponieren to impress, make an impressionimportieren to importinformieren to informs. interessieren to be interested (in)irren to wander, stray; be mistakenirritieren to confuse; irritateisolieren to insulate; isolateJjagen to hunt; chase, drivejammern to wail, moan, yammerjauchzen to rejoice, cheerjaulen to howljobben to work, have a jobjodeln to yodeljoggen to jogjucken to itchjustieren to adjust, justify (typeKkmmen to combkmpfen to fight, struggl ekauen to chewkaufen to buykehren to turn; sweepkennen S to know, be familiar withkennenlernen to get to know, become acquainted withklagen to lament, complainkleben to paste, stickklingen S to ring, soundklopfen to knock, beatkneifen S to pinch, squeeze, crimpknpfen to tie, knot, fastenkochen to cook, boil, seethekommen S to comeknnen M to be able, cankosten to costkotzen to vomit, pukekrchzen to caw, croakkratzen to scratch, scrape, clawkriechen S to crawl, creepkriegen to get, obtainkhlen to cool, refreshkrzen to shorten, abbreviate Conjugating German Verbs (L-Z) L-R S-T U-Z Llcheln to smilelachen to laughladen C / S to loadlassen C / S to let, leave, allowlaufen C / S to run, walklauschen to eavesdrop, listenleben to livelecken to lick; leaklegen to lay, put, place See liegenlehren to teachleiden S to sufferleihen S to lend, borrow, hirelernen to learn, studylesen C / S to readleuchten to light up, shine, gleamlichten to thin out, lightenlieben to loveliegen S to lie, recline, be situatedloben to praiselocken to lure, attract, enticelohnen to reward, recompenses. lohnen to be worth (doing)lsen to solve, dissolve; loosenlgen to lie (not tell the truth)lutschen to suck (on)Mmachen to make, domahlen to mill, grindmalen to paint, drawmanagen to managemeiden S to avoid, shunmeinen to mean, be of the opinion, thinkmerken to notice, mark, perceivemessen C / S to measuremieten to rent, hiremgen M to like (to)mssen M to have to, mustNnagen to gnaw, nibblenhren to nourish; sucklenaschen to snack, nibble, noshnecken to teasenehmen C / S to takenennen S to name, ca llnicken to nod, dozentzen to use; be usefulOffnen to openoperieren to operate (med.)opfern to sacrificeordnen to organize, put in order Ppachten to lease, rentpacken to pack; grabpassen to fit, be suitablepassieren to happenpfeifen S to whistlepflanzen to plantplagen to plague, annoypreisen to praise, commendputzen to clean, groomQqulen to torture, tormentqualmen to give off smokequellen S to gush, spring fromquetschen to squeeze, crushquietschen to squeak, squealRrchen to avengeRad fahren to ride a bike (VP)raten to advise, guessrauchen to smokerumen to clear away, evacuaterauschen to rustle, murmurrechnen to calculate, reckonreien S to tear, ripreiten S to ride (horse)rennen S to runreichen to reach; passreisen to travel, journeyreinigen to clean, refinereizen to excite, charmrichten to set right, adjustriechen S to smellringen to struggle, wrestlerollen to rollrsten to roastrcken to move, bring nearerrufen S to callruhen to restrhren to stir, touchrsten to arm Ssagen to say, tellsaufen S to drink to excesssaugen to suck, absorb Staub saugen to vacuum (VP)schaden to damage, hurtschaffen S to createschaffen to do, make, accomplishschalten to switch, shift (gears)schtzen to value, estimateschauen to see, lookscheiden S to separate, divides. scheiden lassen S to divorcescheinen S to shine, seemscherzen to joke, kidschicken to sendschieben S to push, shoveschieen S to shootschlachten to slaughter, butcherschlafen C / S to sleepschlagen S to hit, beatschleichen S to sneak, creepschleifen S to grind, polishschlieen to close; concludeschmecken to tasteschmeien S to throw, tossschmelzen S to meltschmerzen to hurt, smartschmieren to grease; bribeschneiden S to cut, sliceschneien to snowschreiben S to writeschreien S to scream, yellschreiten S to step, strideschweben to soar, hover, floatschweigen S to be silentschwimmen S to swimschwitzen to sweatschwren to swearsegnen to blesssehen C / S to seesein S to besenden to send, broadcasts. setzen to sit d ownseufzen to sighsieden to boil, simmersiegen to conquer, triumphsingen S to singsinken S to sinksitzen S to sitsollen M should, ought to, supposed tospalten to split, dividesparen to savespazieren to stroll, walkspielen to playspinnen to spin; be nutssprechen S to speak, talkspringen S to jumpspritzen to spray, squirtsprhen to spray; sparklespucken to spitsplen to rinse, flushspren to feel, detectstatt|finden S to take place, happenStaub saugen to vacuum (VP)staunen to be amazedstechen C / S to stab, sting, prickstecken to set, be locatedstehen to standstehlen to stealsteigen to climb, risestinken to stinksthnen to groan, moanstopfen to stuff, cramstren to disturb, upsetstoen to push, bumpstrahlen to beam, radiatestreben to strivestrecken to stretch, extendstreichen to strike, cancel; paintstreiten to quarrel, arguestricken to knitstudieren to study (univ)strzen to plunge, fall, crashsuchen to look for, seekTtanken to get gas/petrol, refueltanzen to dancetaugen to be of use/valuet oben to storm, ravetten to killtragen C/S to wear, carrytrauen to trust, believe in; marrytrumen to dreamtreffen C / S to meet, hittreiben S to drive, propeltreten C / S to step, walktrinken S to drinktrocknen to drytropfen to drip, droptun S to do, make, put Uben to exercise, practiceberraschen to surpriseberwinden S to overcomeumstellen to change over, shiftunterbrechen S to interrupts. unterhalten S to converse, entertain oneselfVverachten to despiseverderben S to ruin, spoilverdienen to earn, deservevereinigen to uniteverfhren to seducevergessen S to forgetvergewaltigen to rapes. verhalten S to behave, actverhandeln to negotiateverkaufen to sellverkehren to trade, traffic; frequentverklagen to complain, sueverkommen S to decay, go bads. verlieben to fall in loveverlieren S to losevermehren to increasevernichten to annihilate, exterminateverraten S to betrayversagen to failverschlafen C / S to oversleepverstehen S to understandversuchen to attempt, tryvertreten to represent, stand in forverwalten to administer, manageverwechseln to confuse, mix upverweigern to refuseverweilen to linger, while awayverzeihen S to pardon, forgivevor|kommen S to occur, happenvor|stellen to introduce, presents. vor|stellen to imagineWwachen to be awake; kee p watchwachsen C / S to growwagen to darewhlen to choose, votewhren to last, hold outwlzen to rollwandern to hike, wanderwaschen C / S to washwechseln to change, exchangewecken to wake, rousewehren to restrain; prevents. wehren to defend oneselfweichen to yieldweihen to consecrate, devoteweinen to cry, weepwenden to turnwerben to recruit, court, woo, advertisewerden S to becomewerfen C / S to throwwetzen to sharpen, grindwidmen to dedicate, devotewiederholen to repeatwiegen S to weighwissen S to knowwohnen to reside, livewollen M to want (to)wnschen to wish, desirewrzen to season, spiceZzahlen to payzhlen to countzhmen to tamezapfen to tap (beer)zaubern to do magic, enchantzeichnen to draw, signzeigen to show, indicatezelten to campzerschlagen C/S to shatter, smashzerstren to destroyziehen S to pull, drawzielen to aim, targetzitieren to cite, quotezittern to shake, tremblezgern to hesitatezchten to breed, culivateznden to ignitezurck|nehmen C/S to take backzwingen S to force, compel