50 German word that require Dativ

These word will always use DAT no matter the subject and object positioning

ähneln

to resemble someone / something

antworten

to answer someone

ausweichen

to evade / dodge someone or something

befehlen

to command someone

begegnen

to meet / run into someone

beistehen

to stand by / support someone

beitreten

to join an organization / club

danken

to thank someone

dienen

to serve someone

drohen

to threaten someone

einfallen

to occur to someone / pop into mind

entgegenkommen

to come toward / meet halfway

entsprechen

to correspond to / match something

erlauben

to allow someone

fehlen

to be missing to / be missed by someone

folgen

to follow someone / something

fremdgehen

to cheat on someone

gefallen

to please someone / to be liked by someone

gehorchen

to obey someone

gehören

to belong to someone

gelingen

to succeed / manage to do something

genügen

to suffice / be enough for someone

glauben

to believe someone

glücken

to turn out well for someone

gratulieren

to congratulate someone

guttun

to do someone good

helfen

to help someone

leidtun

to be sorry / to cause someone regret

missfallen

to displease someone

misslingen

to fail / to turn out badly for someone

misstrauen

to distrust someone

nachgehen

to follow / pursue something

nachlaufen

to run after someone

nahestehen

to be close to someone

nützen

to be useful to someone

passen

to fit / suit someone

passieren

to happen to someone

raten

to advise someone

schaden

to harm / damage someone or something

schmecken

to taste good to someone

schwerfallen

to be difficult for someone

sich nähern

to approach someone / something

vergeben

to forgive someone

vertrauen

to trust someone

verzeihen

to pardon / forgive someone

wehtun

to hurt someone

widersprechen

to contradict someone

zuhören

to listen to someone

zusehen

to watch / look on at someone

zustimmen

to agree with someone