German verbs
Words 1,801 to 1,900 of 2,511, most common first, with meaning, example and audio.
duzen
to address informally using the pronoun du, to thou
viral gehen
to go viral
zuschreiben
to attribute, to ascribe
zusammenschließen
to join forces, unite, merge
einarbeiten
to incorporate
untertauchen
to disappear, to go hiding
sausen
to rush
charakterisieren
to characterize
montieren
to mount, to set up
auswechseln
to swap out, replace
stutzen
to trim, clip (a hedge)
ölen
to oil, to lubricate
aufwenden
to spend, to apply, to expend, to exert, to use
knicken
to crease; to fold; to bend (something that is stable, but not hard, e.g. paper)
diagnostizieren
to diagnose
fremdschämen
to feel secondhand embarrassment; to be embarrassed by something someone else is doing
nachlegen
to add more of the same, especially of firewood, food etc
rotieren
to rotate, to spin
hinauslaufen
to result in, to amount to, to come down to
mahlen
to grind
abmelden
to deregister, cancel a registration
anfeuern
to cheer on, to root for
sich abmelden
to deregister (one's address)
freilassen
to release, to free
irritieren
to confuse, disturb, put off, annoy
abdrehen
to turn off, to cut off the supply of something (originally water or gas, shut off by closing a valve, later also electricity)
ordern
to order, to request delivery (in bulk, otherwise rare or humorous)
verabreichen
to administer (a medicine or poison)
bewerfen
to throw at someone or something
innehalten
to pause, to wait a while (especially in order to think, reflect)
abweisen
to dismiss (reject)
missverstehen
to misunderstand, to misapprehend
applaudieren
to applaud
wirbeln
to swirl, to whirl
einbilden
to imagine (falsely)
auffahren
to rear-end, to drive into
schmoren
to braise, to stew (cook in a covered pot in a small amount of liquid)
weben
to weave
einparken
to park into a space
verordnen
to prescribe, to order (a treatment)
abtauchen
to dive down, to submerge
rechen
to rake
durchblicken
to understand
beglücken
to make happy, to delight
durchschneiden
to cut through
anbrennen
to get burnt
umrühren
to stir (round)
liken
to like
spendieren
to pay for (something for someone else), to buy (something for someone else)
auferstehen
to be resurrected; to rise from the dead
erstarken
to strengthen, to grow strong (often in political or military power)
beistehen
to assist
stornieren
to cancel (a booking)
verschlüsseln
to encrypt
anfechten
to contest, to challenge (a decision, a will, an election)
verspeisen
to eat up, especially with great pleasure and enjoyment
abklären
to clarify, to clear up
abwechseln
to alternate
verwundern
to amaze, to astonish, to astound
anraten
to advise; to recommend
verrechnen
to calculate several quantities together; particularly: to offset one against another
faszinieren
to fascinate
synchronisieren
to dub (replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation)
kneten
to knead
quietschen
to squeak (of brakes)
zurücksetzen
to reverse, to back up
ausschlagen
to turn down, refuse (often unexpectedly)
recken
to stretch (one's muscles)
ereignen
to occur, happen
zusammenlegen
to all pitch in (in order to pay for something)
freischalten
to unlock
wüten
to rage, to rampage, to riot, to run amok
abraten
to discourage, dissuade
bunkern
to hoard, to stash, to amass (and hide)
einwerfen
to drop, to insert
tunneln
to nutmeg; to play the ball between the legs of an opponent
schneien
to snow
zurückweisen
to (strongly) reject (an accusation, a statement, etc.)
aufdrehen
to turn up (the volume)
auftauen
to defrost, to thaw
durchspielen
to play through, to finish a game
bedingen
to cause
verärgern
to annoy, to anger, to upset
verhören
to interrogate
ermuntern
to encourage, to urge (someone to do something)
diskriminieren
to discriminate against
haten
to hate on, post hateful comments about someone
reklamieren
to complain about a faulty item
kloppen
to fight, to engage in a fistfight
ausbaden
to handle the consequences of, to pay the price for
ausschütten
to pour out; to spill
einweisen
to take to a medical facility, to commit
herumschlagen
to struggle, to argue, to deal with
verschwimmen
to blur
zuziehen
to move here; to come to a place (from the perspective of those already living there)
lackieren
to varnish, to spray-paint
posieren
to pose
vorspielen
to play for someone, audition
verstopfen
to plug; to clog
kapitulieren
to surrender, to capitulate
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