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German vocabulary A2: Common verbs
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Everyday verbs: coming and going (hereinkommen), opening and closing (aufmachen, zumachen), keeping and giving back (behalten, zurückgeben), deciding and trying (beschließen, versuchen), and what you are supposed to do (sollen).
125 German words at level A2, with their translation.
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sollen
shouldalso: to be supposed to, ought to
gehören
to belong to
sich wünschen
to wish foralso: to wish
werden (Zukunft)
will (future)also: shall, to be going to, to be going to do
können (Fähigkeit)
to know how toalso: can, to be able to
können (Möglichkeit)
may (possibility)also: might, could
passierenalso: geschehen, sich ereignen
to happen (in general)also: to occur, to go on
herstellen
to produce (goods)also: to manufacture
stehen
to stand (be upright)also: to be standing
fallen
to fall
liegen
to lie (be flat)also: to be lying
sich setzenalso: sich hinsetzen, Platz nehmen
to sit downalso: to take a seat
springen
to jumpalso: to leap
folgen
to follow (go after)
vergessen
to forget
rufen
to call (out loud)also: to call out
holen
to get (fetch)also: to fetch, to go and get
verlieren
to lose
schreien
to shoutalso: to scream, to yell
teilen
to sharealso: to divide
bauen
to buildalso: to construct
bewegen
to move (set in motion)also: to shift
geschehenalso: passieren
to happen (in general)also: to occur
gebrauchenalso: benutzen
to use
halten (in der Hand)
to hold (in the hand)
ziehen
to pullalso: to drag
schlagen
to hitalso: to beat, to strike, to smack
werfen
to throwalso: to toss, to chuck
schneiden
to cut
füllen
to fill (a container)
ändernalso: verändern
to change (alter)also: to alter, to modify
enthalten
to containalso: to include
verändernalso: ändern
to change (alter)also: to alter, to modify
sich verbessern
to improvealso: to get better
verbringen
to spend (time)
versuchen
to tryalso: to attempt, to try to do
scheinenalso: wirken
to seemalso: to appear, to shine, to come across as
sich entscheiden
to decide (choose)also: to make up one's mind, to make up your mind
überlegen
to consider (think about)also: to think it over, to think about it, to ponder
herausfinden
to find outalso: to discover
sich konzentrieren
to focusalso: to concentrate, to focus on
lauten
to be wordedalso: to read, to go, to run
sich beziehen (auf etw.)
to refer to (sth)
umgehen (mit etw.)
to deal with (sth)also: to handle, to cope with
bieten
to offer (provide)also: to provide
behalten
to keep (for oneself)
schenken
to give as a presentalso: to give as a gift, to give a present, to give a gift, to give presents
brechen
to break (in two)also: to snap
beschließen
to decide (resolve)also: to resolve, to make a decision
besorgen
to get (go and buy)also: to get hold of, to pick up, to buy
drücken
to pressalso: to squeeze, to push
fehlen
to be missingalso: to be absent, to be lacking
abschließen
to complete (a course or a deal)also: to conclude
kontrollierenalso: überprüfen, prüfen
to checkalso: to inspect
sich eintragen
to sign in (at reception)
entscheiden (etw.)
to decide (settle sth)
sich ansehen (etw.)also: sich anschauen
to take a look at (sth)also: to have a look at
anbieten (jdm. etw.)
to offer (sth to sb)
eintragen
to enter (in a list)also: to write in, to put down
empfehlen
to recommend
wirkenalso: scheinen
to come across asalso: to seem, to appear, to look
erledigen
to get donealso: to take care of, to sort out, to see to, to finish
überprüfenalso: kontrollieren, prüfen
to checkalso: to verify, to double-check
abholen
to collect (from a place)also: to pick up, to fetch, to call for
verpassen
to miss (a bus or train)
verschieben
to postponealso: to put off, to reschedule
riechen
to smell
mitmachen (bei etw.)
to join in (sth)also: to take part
beantworten (etw.)
to answer (sth)also: to reply to
zusehen
to watch (as a spectator)also: to look on
bedecken
to cover (put over)
schieben
to push (along)
sicherstellenalso: dafür sorgen
to make surealso: to make sure that, to ensure, to see to it (that)
gewesen sein
to have been toalso: to have been
wichtig sein
to matteralso: to be important
bevorzugen
to prefer
abhängen (von etw.)
to depend on (sth)
sammeln
to collect (as a hobby)also: to gather
ergänzen
to complete (make whole)also: to supplement
hinzufügen
to add (as an extra)
addieren
to add (numbers)also: to add up
zubereiten
to prepare (food)
sich beeilen
to hurryalso: to hurry up, to rush
zurückbringen
to bring backalso: to take back
sich hinlegenalso: sich legen
to lie down
festhalten
to hold on to (grip firmly)also: to hold tight, to hold fast
begegnen
to meet (by chance)also: to run into, to bump into, to encounter
dafür sorgenalso: sicherstellen
to see to it (that)also: to take care that, to make sure
eine Rolle spielen
to play a partalso: to play a role, to play a part in
auspacken
to unwrapalso: to unpack
aufheben (vom Boden)
to pick up (from the floor)
aufheben (etw. für später)
to save (sth for later)also: to put aside, to set aside
zurückgeben
to give backalso: to return, to hand back
daran denken (etw. zu tun)
to remember to do (sth)
aufbewahren
to keep (somewhere safe)also: to store
zurückkommenalso: wiederkommen
to come backalso: to get back
herkommen
to come herealso: to come over
hingehen
to go therealso: to go over there
aufmachenalso: öffnen
to open (a door or a box)
betreten
to enter (a place)
hereinkommen
to come in (enter)also: to come inside
zumachenalso: schließen
to closealso: to shut
hineingehen
to go inalso: to go inside, to walk in
vorbereiten
to prepare (in advance)
zerbrechen
to break (into pieces)also: to shatter
kaputtgehen
to break (stop working)also: to break down
verrücken
to move (furniture)
unterschreibenalso: unterzeichnen
to sign (a document)
sich langweilen
to get boredalso: to be bored
still sein
to be quietalso: to be silent, to keep quiet
übrig bleibenalso: übrig sein
to be left overalso: to remain
basieren (auf etw.)also: beruhen auf
to be based (on sth)also: to be based on, to be founded, based on
beruhen aufalso: basieren auf, basieren
to be based onalso: to be based, to rest on, to be founded on
ausbauen
to expand (develop further)also: to grow, to extend, to develop
sollte besser (etw. tun)also: sollte lieber
had better do (sth)also: had better
nicht müssen (etw. tun)also: nicht brauchen zu
don't need to do (sth)also: don't need to, don't have to, do not need to, do not have to, needn't
stehen lassenalso: stehenlassen
to leave (standing)
sollte lieberalso: sollte besser
had betteralso: had better do
liegen lassenalso: liegenlassen
to leave (lying somewhere)also: to leave behind
in der Lage seinalso: imstande sein, im Stande sein
to be capable ofalso: to be in a position to
imstande seinalso: in der Lage sein, im Stande sein
to be capable ofalso: to be in a position to
nicht brauchen zualso: nicht müssen
don't need toalso: don't need to do, don't have to, do not need to, do not have to, needn't
noch einmal machenalso: noch mal machen, nochmal machen
to redoalso: to do again
übrig seinalso: übrig bleiben
to be left over
es noch einmal versuchenalso: noch einmal versuchen, es noch mal versuchen, es nochmal versuchen
to try again
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