German verb conjugation
299 most popular German irregular verbs
Full conjugation tables — mood, tense, person.
Irregular verbs
- seinto be
- habento have
- werdento become; (auxiliary) will
- gehento go, to walk, to leave
- kommento come; to arrive, to come to; to come over, to get; to make it
- sehento see; to have sight, to see ; to perceive by vision, to see
- tunTo do, To do something to someone, To fake; to feign; to pretend
- gebento give, to hand, to pass
- lassento allow; to permit; to let, to have someone ; to have ; to make ; to cause, to allow
- bittento ask, to beg, to plead
- denkento think, not to forget; to remember, to imagine
- findento find; to discover, to think, to consider
- nehmento take, to take from, to hold
- haltento hold, to stop, to halt
- bringento bring, to fetch, to take
- verstehento hear and interpret, to comprehend, to make sense of
- leidento suffer, to experience pain, sorrow
- bleibento remain, to keep ; to continue, to stay; to remain in a place
- helfento help ; to assist; to aid
- kennento know; to be acquainted with; to be familiar with
- stehento stand, to be, to be written
- fallento fall; to drop, to die; to fall in battle; to die in battle; to be killed in action, to fall
- sprechento speak, to talk, to give a speech
- fahrento go at speed, to go; to run; to drive; to sail, to leave; to depart
- gleichento be like, to equal to, to resemble
- heißento have a name; to be named; to be called; but implying that one “owns” this name, not necessarily that one goes by it, to mean
- essento eat, to eat; to dine
- laufento walk; to jog; to run, to flow; to leak; to run, to be in progress; to run
- bekommento receive; to get, to catch, to agree with
- sterbento die
- vergessento forget, to leave, to overlook
- dingento hire for a crime, to hire
- rufento call out, to shout, to cry
- treffento meet; to encounter, to hit; to strike, to affect; to concern
- verlierento lose, to shed, to trail away
- schlafento sleep, to sleep on something; to wait and think before making a decision, to sleep with; to have sex
- gefallento please; to appeal to
- ziehento pull; to drag, to draw ; to extract; to puff, to draw
- liegento lie, to lie down, to be
- nennento name, to call, to describe
- verschwindento disappear, to vanish, to move out of view
- trinkento drink, to imbibe, to drink; to toast
- schaffento create; to bring into being
- schreibento write, to write out, to spell
- verlassento leave, to abandon; to depart, to forsake
- schlagento beat; to hit; to knock; to strike; to punch; to hammer; to pound, to beat; to win against; to defeat, to beat; to strike repeatedly; to pound
- fangento catch, to catch; to capture, to improve in health; do well again; to do better
- sitzento sit; to perch, to stay ; to remain; to be, to fit
- lesento read, to select and gather or harvest
- tragento carry, to bear, to pay
- versprechento promise, to expect ; to hope for, to promise oneself
- messento measure, to scrutinize, to compete
- gewinnento win; to be victorious, to win something; to gain, to win over; to persuade
- scheinento shine; to gleam, to seem; to appear; to look
- beweisento prove, to display, to show
- anrufento call, to ring, to call on ; to appeal to; to call upon
- steckento put; to be stuck
- lügento tell a lie; to lie, to give false information
- klingento ring; to clink, to sound
- umbringento kill, to murder, to do away with
- fliegento fly; to travel by air, to rush; to fly; to go quickly, to fly; to pilot
- schreiento shout; to yell; to cry; to scream; to howl
- gedenkento remember, to commemorate, to intend
- schießento shoot; to fire, to kick; to shoot, to shoot
- hauento thrust, slash, to cut
- wiedersehento see again
- entscheidento decide, to make a decision, to opt
- singento sing
- ratento advise; to recommend, to guess
- beginnento begin; to commence; to be started, to start, to begin
- anfangento begin; to commence, to start, to begin
- werfento throw, to cast; to project, to give birth
- schließento shut; to close; to shut down, to lock, to conclude; to end; to close
- behaltento keep, to retain, to not reveal
- ladento load e.g. into a container or onto a vehicle, to load up, to load
- geschehento occur; to happen, to happen, to serve right
- erfahrento find out, learn, to come to know
- brechento break, to refract, to vomit
- steigento ascend, to climb, to rise
- erkennento recognize, perceive, to realize
- hängento hang, to be suspended, to be attached to; to be fond of; to be devoted to; to cling to
- sinnento think, to ponder, to cogitate
- stehlento steal, to skulk, to move secretly
- erschießento shoot dead
- übernehmento take over, to take on more than one can handle/master; to overexert oneself, to assume
- triefento drip heavily, to be sopping wet
- schwörento swear; to take an oath, to swear by; to be convinced of; to like
- verratento betray, to be disloyal to, to reveal
- tretento step, to walk, to appear
- ansehento look at, to have a look at, to regard
- verzeihento forgive; to pardon; to excuse
- weisento point, to indicate; to show
- streitento argue; to fight; to quarrel
- bescheidento confer the decision or fate formally, to announce, to proclaim
- bestehento succeed, to pass, to consist
- riechento smell ; to sniff, to use the sense of smell; to detect a smell, to smell something
- verbringento spend, to pass, to move completely
- nachdenkento think, to reflect, to ponder
- besitzento own, to possess, to have
- rennento run; to race; to sprint, to run over
- preisento hail, laud, praise
- mitnehmento take with; to carry along, to pick up; to keep, to take away
- herausfindento find out, to figure out
- schreitento stride; to step, to proceed
- treibento drive ; to propel; to force, to put forth; to produce; to sprout, to urge
- springento spring; to leap; to bounce, to dive; to jump; to vault, to break; to burst; to pop
- bekennento confess, to avow, to profess
- aussehento look, to appear
- antunto put on, to dress, to do something to someone
- erhaltento receive, to win, to maintain
- vermessento survey, to measure
- aufhaltento halt, to stop; to hold up, to hold something open
- befehlento command; to order, to give orders; to be in command, to entrust
- zwingento force; to compel; to make, to necessitate, to force
- fressento eat; to feed on; to devour, to stuff oneself; to gorge oneself; to eat like a pig, to eat away
- bietento offer; to present, to bid; to offer to pay a certain price, to arise; to occur
- gebärento give birth; referring to labour, or to labour and pregnancy as a whole, to give birth to; to bear
- genießento enjoy ; to relish; to savor, to have, to eat
- einladento invite, to treat
- annehmento assume, to suppose, to take on
- ringento wrestle, to struggle, to wring
- reißento tear ; to pull apart; to rip, to break; to become torn apart, to snatch; to wrench; to yank; to drag; to tug; to pull on
- ergebento yield, produce, to make sense
- verhaltento behave (oneself)
- vergebento forgive, to assign; to allocate; to give ; to give or set ; to award, to give away
- unternehmento undertake
- mitbringento bring, to accompany, to continue to have
- aufgebento give up on, to give up, to abandon
- grabento dig, to burrow
- wachsento grow, to increase
- angreifento attack, to touch, to handle
- verbindento join, to combine, to connect
- vertragento tolerate, bear, could do with
- schneidento cut; to carve; to slice, to pare; to clip; to mow; to prune; to trim, to cut off; to cut in on
- geratento turn out; to succeed; to thrive, to take after; to come to resemble, to come ; to fall
- unterschreibento sign
- unterhaltento maintain, to entertain, to converse
- befindento be located; to deem
- verbrechento commit (a crime)
- empfangento receive, to welcome; to greet; to receive cordially, to conceive; to become pregnant
- hinterlassento leave, to leave behind, to be survived by
- greifento grab; to grasp; to grip, to grab; to seize; to snatch, to reach; to grab
- benehmento behave, to act, to conduct oneself
- windento wind, to twist, twirl
- aufnehmento pick up, lift up, to receive
- brennento burn; to light on fire, to burn; to be on fire, to have a strong affection for; to be affectionate
- verbrennento burn, to incinerate, to combust
- fernsehento watch television
- betrinkento get drunk ; to bedrink oneself
- geltento be valid; to count; to hold true, to be effective; to be in force, to be worth
- abhauento cut off, to leave abruptly, to do a runner
- entkommento escape
- besprechento discuss
- herkommento come over, come here, to come from
- waschento wash
- anziehento get dressed, to dress, to put on; to dress oneself in
- erscheinento appear, to come out, be released
- betrügento deceive, to defraud; to perform an act of fraud against; to swindle, to betray ; to cheat on
- hebento lift; to raise, to heave; to hoist, to rise; to lift
- verbietento forbid, prohibit
- schweigento be silent; to keep quiet, to stop talking; to shut up
- erschreckento be frightened; to be startled, to frighten; to scare
- fliehento flee; to escape, to fly, to diverge
- dringento insist; to press, to ooze; to seep, to penetrate
- zurückkommento return
- mitkommento come with, to join and come along with, to understand
- stechento stick ; to poke, to sting; to bite; to prick, to cut; to chop
- spinnento spin, to develop, extend
- überlassento relinquish something and leave it to someone else, to leave up to
- ausgehento go out, to run out, to fall out
- reitento ride; to do horseriding, to ride, to ride on the back of
- verwendento use, to employ, to apply
- wehtunto hurt
- ertragento bear, to stand, to endure
- schwimmento swim, to transport by floating, to float
- betreffento concern, to have to do with or affect a business of, to encounter
- anscheinento appear, to seem, to shine on someone or something
- umgehento avoid, bypass, to go around
- zulassento allow, to license ; to admit, to keep something shut or closed
- gebietento demand, to command
- aufstehento get up, to rise up, to rebel
- bergento recover, salvage, rescue; with regard to living beings this can mean dead or alive
- ankommento arrive, to depend, to be important
- beißento bite, to sting; to burn; to be sharp; to be spicy, to clash; to jar; to conflict
- reinkommento come in
- anbietento offer, to provide, to offer for sale or rent
- beibringento teach, to break carefully to, to inflict on
- hingehento go, to pass
- absehento foresee, to realize, to convince oneself of
- gestehento confess, to admit ; to make known
- anhaltento stop, to continue, to last
- entlassento release, to dismiss, to fire
- abschließento end, to finish or complete, to shut off
- pfeifento whistle, to act as referee, to be uninterested in; to ignore; not to give a damn about
- stoßento push; to shove; to thrust, to bump; to knock; to strike; to hurt, to take exception
- quellento well, to spring, to swell
- begreifento grasp fully; to comprehend; to conceive, to fathom, to understand intellectually
- schiebento push; to shove, to slide; to slip; to put, to push
- schmeißento throw; to fling; to hurl, to drop accidentally, to manage; to organize; to run
- überfallento attack, to assault, to raid
- vergleichento compare
- begehento commit, perpetrate, to walk
- erfindento invent, to fabricate ; to make up, to find out
- leihento borrow, to lend, loan
- blasento blow, to play, to fellate
- streichento stroke, to cancel; to discard; to delete; to strike out; to cross out, to spread; to rub; to apply
- berufento refer to ; to invoke, to appoint, to jinx; to tempt fate by mentioning
- wendento turn something so as to cook or roast it from both sides, to turn something, to avert; to curb
- übergebento hand over, to vomit, to throw up
- festhaltento hold on, to detain, to hold in custody
- empfindento feel; to sense; to perceive something through the sense organs
- übertreibento exaggerate, to overdo, to go overboard
- begrabento bury
- erwachsento grow up, to grow, to spring up
- scheidento separate, to leave one another; to part; to be separated; to be divided, to dissolve ; to divorce
- vergehento pass, to elapse, to die off
- stinkento stink
- weichento move farther away, to make room, to yield
- zugebento admit, confess, to add
- verbergento hide, conceal from view, keep secret
- sendento broadcast; to transmit, to send
- rausfindento find out
- bedenkento consider, bethink, to keep in mind
- beschreibento describe, to write on, to write to
- bindento bind, to tie, to fasten something by means of a string etc
- ausziehento move out, to vacate, to set off
- unterbrechento interrupt
- anlügento lie to, to tell someone a lie, to tell someone lies
- erhebento raise, lift, to levy
- loswerdento get rid of, to get off one's chest, to succeed in selling
- auffallento stand out, to be noticeable, to catch eye
- weglaufento run away
- rauskommento come out
- einfallento occur, to come ; to come to mind, for there to be a memory
- zusehento watch, to watch out, to take care; to make sure
- abnehmento take off, to shave off, to amputate
- verderbento deprive of ; to rob of, to ruin; to render useless; to corrupt; to spoil, to spoil; to rot; to perish
- beschließento conclude, end; to terminate, to resolve
- erschaffento create; to produce; to make
- backento bake; to roast, to fry, to fire
- empfehlento recommend; to advocate, to demonstrate one’s merits, to approve oneself
- abgebento give up, relinquish, let go
- belügento lie to, to tell someone a lie, to tell someone lies
- betretento enter, to go or come into, to step onto
- gelingento turn out well, to work out, to go smoothly
- nachsehento check, to look into, to investigate
- weggehento go away, leave, scram
- loslassento let loose, let go
- einschlafento fall asleep, to pass away, die
- verdenkento blame, hold against
- wegnehmento take away from, to remove from
- aussteigento exit, get off, to phase out
- verlaufento get lost, stray, to disperse
- umziehento move, to change clothes, to get changed
- vermeidento avoid
- vertretento step in, fill, to fill in for
- ausgebento spend, to expend; to pay out, to dispense
- ergreifento seize, capture, to take up
- aufwachsento grow up
- festnehmento arrest
- eingehento enter; to go inside, to arrive, to contract
- verschiebento move, to shift, to postpone
- reingehento go in, to get inside, to go inside
- zurückbringento bring back, recall, restore
- zerbrechento break into pieces, to shatter, to snap
- verschließento close; to shut; to lock, to lock up
- vorbeikommento come over; to drop by, to get past, to go by
- entstehento come into being, to arise, to be produced
- zurücklassento leave behind, to let return
- hierbleibento stay here
- anschließento connect, to attach, to join
- aufhebento pick up, to keep something for the future, to abolish
- scherento shear, to clip, prune
- erweisento prove, to show, to accord
- fließento flow
- übersehento overlook, disregard, ignore
- aussprechento pronounce, to be pronounced; to have a certain pronunciation, to utter; to articulate
- durchgehento go through; to walk through, to go all the way ; to reach as far as, to bolt
- weitergehento proceed, progress, continue
- abhaltento keep off, away, or out; to hold off
- verziehento warp, distort, to become warped
- ertrinkento drown
- entsprechento correspond, to meet
- überstehento endure, to overcome, to survive
- vorschlagento propose, to suggest
- wiegento weigh; to be of a certain weight, to weigh; to measure the weight of
- zurückgebento give back, return
- einziehento thread, to put in, to retract
- ausschließento exclude, to debar, to rule out
- versehento perform, to hold, to emblazon with
- verstoßento cast out, to disown, to infringe
- vertreibento force to leave, to drive away, to pass
- entschließento decide
- einsteigento get in or on, to join, to go into
- herbringento bring
- ausdenkento come up with, to think up, to make up
- anschießento injure by shooting, to hit with shots
- abbrechento break off, to be broken off, to terminate
- wiederkommento return, to come back, to come again
Regular verbs
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