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Most Common German Verbs to English - Random Order

Type the English translation of these most commonly used German verbs, in the infinitive form. 50 verbs are listed every time you play, out of a total of 100 verbs. The verbs and their order change every time!
Answer must correspond to highlighted box!
Although sometimes multiple translations are allowed for a verb, try to give the most common translations
Note: the accepted translations for each verb may not be the only valid ones
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Last updated: March 30, 2022
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First submittedNovember 25, 2019
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German
English
kennen
know
fehlen
lack, be missing
können
can, be able to
denken
think
wohnen
live
halten
stop, hold
vergleichen
compare
finden
find
suchen
search
ziehen
pull, move
lassen
let, allow
aussehen
appear, look
setzen
set, put, place
werden
become, get
gewinnen
win
ergeben
submit, arise, result in
anfangen
begin
geben
give
verbinden
connect, link, bind, join
erscheinen
appear
gelten
be valid
bieten
offer
bleiben
stay, remain
sollen
should, ought to
zeigen
show
German
English
interessieren
interest
brauchen
need
verstehen
understand
erkennen
recognise, admit
müssen
must, have to
studieren
study
entsprechen
correspond, comply with
sagen
say
schreiben
write
betreffen
affect, concern
lesen
read
mögen
like
beginnen
begin
machen
make, do
wollen
want
leben
live
stehen
stand
fragen
ask
schließen
close
bekommen
get, receive
handeln
deal, trade
warten
wait
bringen
bring
meinen
think, mean
fahren
drive, ride
4 Comments
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Level 78
Nov 25, 2019
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Level 49
Jul 28, 2021
Very nice quiz! It is helpful for reviewing verbs and also learning several new useful ones. Thank you! :)
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Level 78
Jul 29, 2021
Danke schön!
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Level 89
Feb 11, 2023
Some of these are hard because it may have multiple synonyms in English that still don't mean exactly what it does in German. Some, like heißen, are in a passive tense without a real direct word in English. I never would've listed a lot of these if I had to do a list of most common German verbs. Even the Most Common English Verbs / Nouns / Words quizzes really threw me off.