Dative Verbs, Adjectives, and Idioms to Know and Love

Flashcards for dative verbs, adjectives and idioms to aid in memorization.

antworten

to answer (a person)

befehlen

to command

begegnen

to meet (by chance)

danken

to thank

dienen

to serve

einfallen

to occur, to come to understand

empfehlen

to recommend

fehlen

to be missing, to lack

folgen

to follow, to obey

gefallen

to please

gehorchen

to obey

gehören

to belong

gelingen

to succeed

genügen

to be enough, to suffice

geschehen

to happen

glauben

to believe

gratulieren (zu)

to congratulate

helfen (bei)

to help

nützen

to be useful

passen

to fit, to suit

passieren

to happen

raten

to advise

schaden

to harm, to hurt

schmecken

to taste (good)

schmeicheln

to flatter

stehen

to suit, look good on someone

trauen

to trust

widersprechen

to contradict

zusehen

to look on, to watch

zustimmen

to agree

ähnlich

similar

angenehm

pleasant

bekannt

well-known

bequem

comfortable

dankbar

grateful

fremd

strange/foreign

gleich

equal, like, the same

langweilig

boring

leicht

easy

lieb

dear

möglich

possible

nah(e)

near

nützlich

useful

schwer

difficult

treu

loyal, faithful, true

überlegen

superior

verständlich

comprehensible

verwandt

related

Es ist mir warm (kalt).

I’m warm (cold).

Es geht mir gut (schlecht).

I’m fine (doing poorly).

Es (Das) ist mir recht.

That’s all right with me.

Es (Das) macht mir Spass.

I enjoy that. That’s fun (for me).

Es (Das) macht mir Freude.

That makes me happy.

Es (Das) tut mir leid.

I’m sorry about that.

Es bleibt mir nichts übrig.

I have no choices (left). There’s nothing left for me to do.