300 Most Common German Verbs (1-125)

sein

to be

haben

to have

weden

to become

können

to be able to

sagen

to say

müssen

to have to

geben

to give

wollen

to want

machen

to make, to do

sollen

should, shall

kommen

to come

gehen

to go

wissen

to know (factual knowledge)

sehen

to see

lassen

to let, to allow

stehen

to stand

leben

to live

finden

to find

liegen

to lie

bleiben

to remain, to stay

tun

to do

heißen

to be called/named

denken

to think

stellen

to put, to place

zeigen

to show

nehmen

to take

dürfen

to be allowed to, may

hören

to hear

fragen

to ask

glauben

to believe

halten

to hold

gelten

to be valid, to apply, to be considered

folgen

to follow (+dat)

führen

to lead

sprechen

to speak

bringen

to bring

mögen

to like

brauchen

to need

schreiben

to write

nennen

to name

ziehen

to pull

spielen

to play

bekommen

to recieve, to get

verstehen

to understand

meinen

to think, to mean

fahren

to drive

kennen

to know (personally)

setzen

to set, to sit down (+sich)

sitzen

to sit

arbeiten

to work

erklären

to explain

bestehen

to exist, to pass, to be composed of

versuchen

to try, to attempt

beginnen

to begin

laufen

to run

entsprechen

to correspond

treffen

to meet

erzählen

to tell, to narrate

entstehen

to arise, to emerge, to come into existence

tragen

to carry, to wear

scheinen

to shine, to seem

aussehen

to appear, to look

schaffen

to create

erhalten

to receive, to preserve

lernen

to learn

suchen

to search, to look for

handeln

to act, to trade

lesen

to read

erreichen

to achieve, to reach, to attain

vergehen

to pass (time)

verlieren

to lose

bilden

to from, to educate

steigen

to climb

essen

to eat

fallen

to fall

helfen

to help

schliesen

to close

legen

to lay, to put

erkennen

to recognize

vorstellen

to introduce, to imagine (+sich)

warten

to wait

treten

to step, to kick (+haben)

reden

to talk, to chat

gewinnen

to win

entwickeln

to develop

passieren

to happen

vergleichen

to compare

erwarten

to expect

fühlen

to feel

errinern

to remind, to remember (+sich)

bedeuten

to mean

darstellen

to portray

wirken

to have an effect

bezeichnen

to call, to name

erscheinen

to appear

betreffen

to affect, to concern, to have to do with

entscheiden

to decide

ergeben

to result in, to produce

bestimmen

to decide

fehlen

to be missing, to lack