Top 1000 German Verbs - 1/2

Most common German verbs, 1-500.

sein

to be

haben

to have, possess

werden

to become

können

to be able to

müssen

must

sagen

to say

machen

to do

geben

to give

kommen

to come, happen

sollen

should

wollen

to want to, intend

gehen

to go, walk

wissen

to know

sehen

to see

lassen

to let, allow

stehen

to stand

finden

to find

bleiben

to stay, remain

liegen

to lie, be lying

heißen

to be called

denken

to think, believe

nehmen

to take, get

tun

to do, perform

dürfen

to be permitted

glauben

to believe, suppose

halten

to stop, keep

nennen

to name, call

mögen

to like, prefer

zeigen

to show, display

führen

to lead

sprechen

to speak

bringen

to bring

leben

to live, be alive

fahren

to drive, travel

meinen

to mean, believe

fragen

to ask

kennen

to know, recognize

gelten

to be valid, apply

stellen

to put, set

spielen

to play

arbeiten

to work

brauchen

to need

folgen

to follow, obey

lernen

to learn

bestehen

to exist, continue

verstehen

to understand

setzen

to put, sit

bekommen

to get, develop

beginnen

to begin

erzählen

to tell, recount

versuchen

to try

schreiben

to write

laufen

to run

erklären

to explain

entsprechen

to agree, correspond

sitzen

to sit, be seated

ziehen

to pull, extract

scheinen

to seem, shine

fallen

to fall, drop

gehören

to belong to

entstehen

to arise, come from

erhalten

to receive

treffen

to meet

suchen

to search for

legen

to lay, put

vorstellen

to introduce

handeln

to act, take action

erreichen

to achieve

tragen

to wear, transport

schaffen

to achieve, succeed

lesen

to read

verlieren

to lose, misplace

darstellen

to represent, depict

erkennen

to recognize, identify

entwickeln

to develop, create

reden

to talk to

aussehen

to seem, look for

erscheinen

to appear, emerge

bilden

to form, build

anfangen

to start, commence

erwarten

to expect, await

wohnen

to live, reside (in)

betreffen

to affect, concern

warten

to wait, pause

vergehen

to pass, elapse

helfen

to help

gewinnen

to win

schließen

to close

fühlen

to feel, touch

bieten

to offer, provide

interessieren

to interest

erinern

to remember

ergeben

to result in

anbieten

to offer, suggest

studieren

to study

verbinden

to connect, join

ansehen

to look at

fehlen

to be absent

bedeuten

to mean, signify

vergleichen

to compare, contrast