German A2 Vocabulary: 500 Essential Words for Learners

abholen

to pick up

ändern

to change

anfangen

to begin

ankommen

to arrive

antworten

to answer

arbeiten

to work

aufhören

to stop

aufstehen

to get up

ausgeben

to spend

aussehen

to look like

backen

to bake

beide

both

beginnen

to begin

bekommen

to receive

benutzen

to use

berichten

to report

besuchen

to visit

bezahlen

to pay

bleiben

to stay

bringen

to bring

denken

to think

dauern

to last

einladen

to invite

einschlafen

to fall asleep

entscheiden

to decide

erklären

to explain

erlauben

to allow

erzählen

to tell

fahren

to drive

fehlen

to be missing

finden

to find

fragen

to ask

freuen

to be happy

funktionieren

to function

geben

to give

gefallen

to like

gehen

to go

gewinnen

to win

glauben

to believe

halten

to hold

helfen

to help

kennen

to know

kommen

to come

kosten

to cost

lernen

to learn

liegen

to lie

machen

to make

meinen

to mean

mitbringen

to bring along

nehmen

to take

öffnen

to open

probieren

to try

reden

to talk

reisen

to travel

schaffen

to manage

schicken

to send

schlafen

to sleep

schließen

to close

schmecken

to taste

schreiben

to write

sehen

to see

sein

to be

sitzen

to sit

spielen

to play

sprechen

to speak

stehen

to stand

studieren

to study

suchen

to look for

tanzen

to dance

tragen

to wear

treffen

to meet

trinken

to drink

tun

to do

vergessen

to forget

verstehen

to understand

versuchen

to try

warten

to wait

werden

to become

wissen

to know

wohnen

to live

zeigen

to show