Deutsch 1

miscellaneous German vocabulary words gathered from multiple sources over the years

werden

to become

wissen

to know

liegen

to lie, to be located (position)

nehmen

to take

zeigen

to show

führen

to lead

meinen

to mean

gelten

to be valid, to be applicable

stellen

to place, to set

bestehen

to exist

setzen

to set, put (not stellen)

bekommen

to get, to receive

versuchen

to try, to attempt

entsprechen

to correspond

ziehen

to pull

entstehen

to arise, to develop, to emerge

erhalten

to receive (sth waited for/expected)

legen

to lay down, to put (action)

vorstellen (sep)

to introduce; to imagine

handeln

to deal, to trade

erreichen

to reach, to achieve

tragen

to wear, to carry

schaffen

to manage

verlieren

to lose

darstellen (sep)

to depict, to portray

erkennen

to recognize; to admit

entwickeln

to develop, to design

ankommen

to arrive; to depend on

aussehen (sep)

to look (a certain way), to appear

erscheinen

to appear, to show up, to seem

erwarten

to expect

betreffen

to affect, to concern

vergehen

to vanish, to disappear, to decay

schließen

to close

fühlen

to feel

bieten

to offer

erinnern

to remember

ergeben

to result in

verbinden

to connect

ansehen (sep)

to look at, to watch

fehlen (dat obj)

to lack, to be absent

vergleichen

to compare

kriegen (coll.)

to get

annehmen (sep)

to assume; to accept

beschreiben

to describe

geschehen (dat obj)

to happen, to occur

ändern

to change

einsetzen

to insert

verlassen

to leave

sich umsehen

to look around

wagen

to dare

sich (dat) Sorgen machen

to worry about

sich einlassen auf (sep)

to get involved

die Schiebetür

sliding door

einzig

only, single

bekleiden

to dress

im Freien

outdoors, in the open air

rauchen

to smoke

heben

to lift, to raise

winken (dat)

to wave at someone

der Anmachspruch

pick up line

beifällig

approvingly

nicken

to nod

stets

always, constantly

gleichwertig sein

to be equal/equivalent

die Einzigartigkeit

uniqueness

die Weise

way, manner

ebenso wie

as well as, just as

schwer fassbar

elusive, unfathomable, difficult to grasp

beweisen

to prove

eigen

(one's) own

begreifen

to grasp, to comprehend

Beruf ausüben

to practice a profession, to pursue a career

verdienen

to earn

der Gerichtssaal

courtroom

die Abscheu

disgust

schweben

to float

schwerlos

weightless

verheerend

devastating

das Kloster

monastery

ganz gleich, was/wie

no matter what/how

bemühen

to make an effort

die Schulter

shoulder

segensreich

beneficial

zurückweichen

to retreat, to back off

die Leiden

suffering

die Hauptfigur

main character

zuweilen

occasionally

herausragend

outstanding, prominent

fordernd

demanding, challenging

aufmachen

to open

aufpassen

to pay attention, to watch out, to be careful

schuld

fault, blame

kaum

hardly, barely

die Waffe

weapon

langsam an der Zeit

about time

die Menge

amount

einbringen (sep)

to bring in, to introduce

überall

everywhere, all over

die Tat

act, deed