German conjugation: 250 verbs
The 250 verbs that turn up most often in this course’s sentences — each with every tense, our own example sentences, what is special about it and a short exercise. Search for a verb or filter by pattern.
A
- abbauento take down, to dismantle
- abgebento hand in, to leave
- abholento pick up, to collect
- ablehnento reject, to turn down
- ablesento read off
- abrechnento cash up, to settle the accounts
- absagento cancel
- abschaltento switch off (mentally), to unwind
- abschließento lock
- abziehento move away, to clear off
- anerkennento recognise formally
- anfallento arise, to be generated (of waste or costs)
- ankommento arrive
- anlegento lay out, to create
- anmeldento register
- annehmento assume, to accept
- anrufento call, to phone
- anschließento lock (a bike) to something
- antwortento answer
- arbeitento work
- aufbauento put up, to build up
- auffallento be noticeable
- aufstehento get up
- auftauchento surface; to turn up
- ausfallento be out (injured or ill)
- ausführento perform, to carry out
- ausgleichento settle, to clear (a negative balance)
- auslegento design, to size (for a duty)
- auslösento release the shutter, to trigger
B
- beginnento begin
- begründento give reasons for, to justify
- behandelnto treat
- behauptento claim, to assert
- sich bekennento profess (a faith)
- bemerkento notice, to remark
- benutzento use
- beobachtento observe
- berechnento calculate
- berichtento report
- beschleunigento accelerate
- bestätigento confirm
- bestehento pass; to consist of
- bestellento order
- besuchento visit
- beweisento prove
- bezahlento pay
- beziehento draw (a pension or benefit)
- bietento offer
- bindento thicken, to bind
- bittento ask for, to request
- bleibento stay, to remain
- brauchento need
- brechento break
- bremsento brake, to slow
- brennento burn, to be on fire
- bringento bring, to take
- buchento book
D
E
- sich einigento reach agreement
- einlegento lodge, to insert
- einreichento submit, to hand in
- einstellento hire; to adjust
- empfehlento recommend
- sich enthaltento abstain
- entscheidento decide
- entwickelnto develop
- erhebento collect (data)
- sich erholento recover
- erinnernto remind; to remember
- erkennento recognise, to realise
- erklärento explain
- erledigento deal with, to get done
- eröffnento open (an account, a business)
- erstattento refund, to reimburse
- erwartento expect
- erzählento tell, to recount
- essento eat
F
G
H
K
L
M
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P
R
S
- sagento say
- sammelnto collect
- scheinento shine, to seem
- schickento send
- schiebento push
- schlafento sleep
- schlagento capture, to take
- schließento close, to shut
- schmeckento taste (good)
- schmelzento melt
- schneidento cut
- schreibento write
- schützento protect
- schweißento weld
- schwimmento swim
- sehento see
- seinto be
- senkento lower, to cut (rates, prices, costs)
- sich setzento sit down
- sichernto back up, to secure
- singento sing
- sinkento fall, to sink
- sitzento sit, to be sitting
- sollento be supposed to
- sparento save
- speichernto save
- sperrento block, to bar
- spielento play
- sprechento speak
- springento jump
- stehento stand, to be standing
- steigento rise
- stellento put (upright)
- stimmento tune, to be right
- streitento argue
- suchento look for
T
U
V
- verbrauchento use up, to consume
- verdichtento condense (story material)
- verdienento earn; to deserve
- vereinbarento arrange, to agree on
- verfolgento pursue, to track
- vergessento forget
- verlängernto extend, to renew
- verlassento leave
- verlegento lay, to mislay
- verlierento lose
- veröffentlichento publish
- verpassento miss
- verpflichtento sign (a player)
- verratento give away, to betray
- verschiebento postpone, to move
- versprechento promise
- verstehento understand
- verstoßento breach, to violate
- versuchento try
- sich vertragento get along
- vorlegento produce, to present
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How this list is made
We counted how often the forms of each verb appear in the sentences of this course — in word lists, grammar topics and reading texts. A form that could belong to two verbs, or is usually a different word, does not count. The list holds the 250 verbs with the most occurrences that also have at least two example sentences here. The forms are not copied but calculated, twice: once from endings and rules, once from the principal parts. A page is only built when both calculations agree on every single form.
The forms are calculated from the rules of the language — twice, in two independent ways — and checked against every hand-written form in this course. The example sentences are the course’s own.