German Gateway Vocabulary

ändern (sich ändern)

to change

antworten

to answer

arbeiten

to work

bauen

to build

bedeuten

to mean

beobachten

to observe, to watch

(sich) beschäftigen (mit)

to employ, to occupy

bestimmen

to determine, to decide

besuchen

to visit, to attend

sich beteiligen an

to participate in, to contribute to

bewegen (sich bewegen)

to move

bezahlen

to pay

brauchen

to need

dauern

to last, to take time

einsetzen

to deploy, to make use of

entwickeln

to develop

erfuellen

to fulfill

erhoehen

to raise, to increase

(sich) erinnern (an)

to remind

erklaeren

to explain

erleben

to experience

erreichen

to achieve, to reach

erwarten

to expect

erzaehlen

to tell

fehlen

to lack, to be missing, to be absent

folgen

to follow

fragen

to ask

sich freuen ueber

to be happy about

sich freuen auf

to look forward to

(sich) fühlen

to feel

fuehren

to lead

gehoeren

to belong to

glauben

to believe

handeln

to act, to take action; to bargain, to haggle

hoffen

to hope

holen

to fetch, to get

interessieren

to interest

kaufen

to buy

laecheln

to smile

lachen

to laugh

leben

to live

legen

to lay, to put

leisten

to accomplish

lernen

to learn, to study

lieben

to love

loesen

to solve

machen

to do, to make

meinen

to think, to have an opinion

melden

to report

merken

to notice

oeffnen

to open

passen

to fit

passieren

to happen, to take place

planen

to plan

rechnen

to calculate, to do arithmetic

reden

to talk

sagen

to say

schaffen

to manage

schauen

to look

(sich) setzen

to place in a seated position

spielen

to play

stecken

to put, to be located

stellen

to place, to set

stimmen

to be correct

studieren

to study

suchen

to search, to look for

teilen

to divide, to share

(sich) trennen

to separate

unterstuetzen

to support

verändern (sich verändern)

to change

verlangen

to demand

versuchen

to try, to attempt

verwenden

to use

vorstellen

to introduce

waehlen

to choose, to elect; to vote

warten (auf)

to wait (for)

wohnen

to live (somewhere)

wuenschen

to wish (for)

zaehlen

to count

zeigen

to show

aehnlich

similar

alt

old

bekannt

well-known

bestimmt

specific, certain; undoubtedly

deutlich

clear

direkt

direct, straight

eigen

own

einfach

simple, easy; simply, just

einzig

only

eng

narrow, intimate

erste

first

falsch

false, wrong

frei

free

fremd

foreign, strange

frueh

early

ganz

whole, all the; really, quite

gemeinsam

(in) common, mutual

genau

exactly

gesamt

whole, entire

gleich

same, right away