German Verbs

sein

to be

haben

to have

werden

to become

können

can, to be able to

müssen

must, to have to

sagen

to say

machen

to do, make

geben

to give

kommen

to come

sollen

should, ought to

wollen

to want

gehen

to go

wissen

to know

sehen

to see

lassen

to let, allow, have done

stehen

to stand

finden

to find

bleiben

to stay, remain

liegen

to lie, be lying

heißen

to be called

denken

to think

nehmen

to take

tun

to do

dürfen

may, to be allowed to

glauben

to believe

halten

to stop, hold

nennen

to name, to call (a name)

mögen

to like

zeigen

to show

führen

to lead

sprechen

to speak

bringen

to bring, take

leben

to live

fahren

to drive, ride, go

meinen

to think, have an opinion

fragen

to ask

kennen

to know

gelten

to be valid

stellen

to place, set

spielen

to play

arbeiten

to work

brauchen

to need

folgen

to follow

lernen

to learn

bestehen

to exist, insist, pass (an exam)

verstehen

to understand

setzen

to set, put, place

bekommen

to get, receive

beginnen

to begin

erzählen

to narrate, tell

versuchen

to try, attempt

schreiben

to write

laufen

to run

erklären

to explain

entsprechen

to correspond

sitzen

to sit

ziehen

to pull, move

scheinen

to shine, seem, appear

fallen

to fall

gehören

to belong

entstehen

to originate, develop

erhalten

to receive

treffen

to meet

suchen

to search

legen

to lay, put

vor - stellen

to introduce, imagine

handeln

to deal, trade

erreichen

to achieve, reach

tragen

to carry, wear

schaffen

to manage, create

lesen

to read

verlieren

to lose

dar -stellen

to depict, portray

erkennen

to recognize, admit

entwickeln

to develop

reden

to talk

aus - sehen

to appear, look (a certain way)

erscheinen

to appear

bilden

to form, educate

an - fangen

to begin

erwarten

to expect

wohnen

to live

betreffen

to affect, concern

warten

to wait

vergehen

to elapse, decay

helfen

to help

gewinnen

to win

schließen

to close

fühlen

to feel

bieten

to offer

interessieren

to interest

erinnern (sich)

to remember

ergeben

to result in

anbieten

to offer

studieren

to study

verbinden

to connect, link

an - sehen

to look at, watch

fehlen

to lack, be missing, be absent

bedueten

to mean

vergleichen

to compare