Verbs in German

Verbs are a key part of any language. The German verbs list below will help you learn common German verbs in no time. Together with other basic nouns and adjectives, this will quickly allow you to express basic things in German. For even more German verbs, take a look at our learning resources for German at the end of the page.
Basic German Verbs
German Action Words
Movements in German
German Business Verbs


Basic German Verbs


EnglishGerman  
to open in Germanöffnen (öffnete, geöffnet)
to close in Germanschließen (schloss, geschlossen)
to sit in Germansitzen (saß, gesessen)
to stand in Germanstehen (stand, gestanden)
to know in Germanwissen (wusste, gewusst)
to think in Germandenken (dachte, gedacht)
to win in Germangewinnen (gewann, gewonnen)
to lose in Germanverlieren (verlor, verloren)
to ask in Germanfragen (fragte, gefragt)
to answer in Germanantworten (antwortete, geantwortet)
to help in Germanhelfen (half, geholfen)
to like in Germanmögen (mochte, gemocht)
to kiss in Germanküssen (küsste, geküsst)
to eat in Germanessen (aß, gegessen)
to drink in Germantrinken (trank, getrunken)


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German Action Words


EnglishGerman  
to take in Germannehmen (nahm, genommen)
to put in Germanlegen (legte, gelegt)
to find in Germanfinden (fand, gefunden)
to steal in Germanstehlen (stahl, gestohlen)
to kill in Germantöten (tötete, getötet)
to fly in Germanfliegen (flog, geflogen)
to attack in Germanangreifen (griff an, angegriffen)
to defend in Germanverteidigen (verteidigte, verteidigt)
to fall in Germanfallen (fiel, gefallen)
to choose in Germanwählen (wählte, gewählt)
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Movements in German


EnglishGerman  
to run in Germanlaufen (lief, gelaufen)
to swim in Germanschwimmen (schwamm, geschwommen)
to jump in Germanspringen (sprang, gesprungen)
to pull in Germanziehen (zog, gezogen)
to push in Germandrücken (drückte, gedrückt)
to throw in Germanwerfen (warf, geworfen)
to crawl in Germankrabbeln (krabbelte, gekrabbelt)
to fight in Germankämpfen (kämpfte, gekämpft)
to catch in Germanfangen (fing, gefangen)
to roll in Germanrollen (rollte, gerollt)

German Business Verbs


EnglishGerman  
to buy in Germankaufen (kaufte, gekauft)
to pay in Germanbezahlen (bezahlte, bezahlt)
to sell in Germanverkaufen (verkaufte, verkauft)
to study in Germanlernen (lernte, gelernt)
to call in Germantelefonieren (telefonierte, telefoniert)
to read in Germanlesen (las, gelesen)
to write in Germanschreiben (schrieb, geschrieben)
to calculate in Germanrechnen (rechnete, gerechnet)
to measure in Germanmessen (maß, gemessen)
to earn in Germanverdienen (verdiente, verdient)
to count in Germanzählen (zählte, gezählt)
to scan in Germanscannen (scannte, gescannt)
to print in Germandrucken (druckte, gedruckt)


Verbs in German

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