Verbs - German IGCSE

ändern

ändern

to change, to alter

anfassen

to touch

ankommen

to arrive

annehmen

to accept

anzünden

to light, to set on fire

ärgern

to annoy

aufhören

to stop, finish

aufmachen

to open

aussehen

to look

aussteigen

to get off (transport)

begleiten

to accompany

benutzen

to use

beschließen

to decide

bestehen

to pass (exams)

bestellen

to order

besuchen

to visit

betreten

to enter

bezahlen

to pay (for a service/ a person)

bitten um

to ask for

brauchen

to need

denken

to think

drücken

to press, to push

eilen

to hurry

einladen

to invite

eintreten

to go in

entscheiden

to decide

entschuldigen

to excuse

erinnern an (sich)

to remind of, to remember

erklären

to explain

erlauben

to allow

erreichen

to reach, catch (bus, train)

erwarten

to expect

erzählen

to tell

es eilig haben

to be in a hurry

essen

to eat

fahren

to go, to travel

fallen

to fall

fallen lassen

to drop

finden

to find

folgen

to follow

fragen

to ask

fressen

to eat, to scoff

fühlen

to feel

geben

to give

gebrauchen

to use, to need

gefallen

to like, to please

gehen

to go, to walk

gelingen

to succeed, to manage

gewinnen

to win

glauben

to believe

haben

to have

halten

to stop, to hold

hoffen

to hope

hören

to hear, listen to

interessieren für (sich)

to be interested in

kennen

to know

klettern

to climb

klopfen

to knock

kommen

to come

können

to be able to

lachen

to laugh

lächeln

to smile

langweilen (sich)

to be bored

leben

to live

legen

to put (onto)

leid tun

to be sorry

leihen

to lend, to loan, to borrow

lernen

to learn

liegen

to lie

lügen

to lie, to tell lies

machen

to make, to do

meinen

to think

müssen

to have to

nach Hause gehen

to go home

nehmen

to take

öffnen

to open

reden

to talk, to speak

sagen

to say

scheinen

to shine, to appear

schieben

to push

schlagen

to hit, to beat

schließen

to close, shut

schreiben

to write

sein

to be

setzen (sich)

to sit down

sitzen

to sit, to be sitting

sitzen bleiben

to stay down a year

spielen

to play

sprechen

to speak

stecken

to put (into)

steigen

to climb, go up

stellen

to put, to place, to ask (a question)

sterben

to die

streiten

to argue

umdrehen (sich)

to turn round

verdienen

to earn, deserve

vergeben

to forgive

verlassen

to leave (a place)

verstehen

to understand

versuchen

to try