German Verb Conjugation Tables

to be

to have

to become / will (future auxiliary)

to do

to know (a fact)

to go / walk

to stand

can / to be able to

must / to have to

to want (to)

should / to be supposed to

may / to be allowed to

to like (something/someone)

would like (polite modal)

to bring / take

to think

to know (a person / place)

to name / call

to run / sprint

to burn

to send / broadcast

to turn (around)

to spend (time)

to recognize / realize

to bring along

to think over / reflect

to recognize / acknowledge (officially)

to apply / utilize

to come

to see

to give

to take

to speak / talk

to read

to eat

to drink

to sleep

to drive / travel / ride

to write

to find / consider

to meet / hit

to swim

to be called / mean

to understand

to get up / stand up

to call (by phone)

to watch TV

to come along

to depart (vehicle/train)

to begin / start

to arrive

to invite / load in

to receive / get

to run / walk

to begin

to stay / remain

to fly

to help

to please / to appeal to

to lie (flat) / be located

to sit

to hang (state / action)

to transfer (money) / refer

to transfer / change trains

to get on / board

to get off / exit (transit)

to recommend

to call back

to connect / bandage

to intend / plan to do

to bake

to fry / roast

to fall

to catch

to hold / stop / keep

to let / leave / have done

to call / shout

to hit / beat

to carry / wear

to wash

to forget

to lose

to win

to sing

to jump

to pull / move (residence)

to ask / request

to put on (clothes) / attract

to take off (clothes) / move out

to move in

to move house

to spend (money) / hand out

to go out / run out

to look / appear

to look at / watch

to fall asleep

to take along

to read aloud

to go away / leave

to continue / go on

to give back / return

to come back / return

to describe

to participate / take part

to take place

to accept / assume

to suggest / propose

to bite

to bend / turn

to offer

to tie / bind

to break

to flow

to freeze / feel cold

to enjoy

to pour / water (plants)

to grab / reach for

to lift / raise

to sound / ring

to load / charge

to suffer

to lend / borrow

to tell a lie

to measure

to advise / guess

to smell

to shine / seem

to push

to shoot

to close / lock

to cut

to scream / shout

to be silent

to sink / drop

to climb / rise

to die

to push / bump

to step / kick

to grow

to throw

to keep / retain

to pass (an exam) / consist / exist

to decide

to originate / arise

to invent

to receive / preserve

to appear / be published

to succeed

to happen / occur

to take over / assume

to entertain / maintain (refl: chat)

to undertake / do (activities)

to distinguish / differentiate

to sign

to forbid / prohibit

to compare

to leave (a place/person)

to disappear

to promise

to forgive / pardon

to contradict / disagree

to shatter / break apart

to lock / conclude / complete

to avoid

to highlight / emphasize

to contribute

to command / order

to cheat / deceive

to prove

to receive / welcome

to feel / perceive

to contain

to be startled / get scared

to bear / endure

to eat (animals)

to be valid / apply

to dig

to shun / avoid

to fail / go wrong

to praise / extol

to tear / rip

to ride (horse)

to toss / fling (colloq.)

to sting / stab

to steal

to argue / quarrel

to drive / practice (sports)

to spoil / ruin

to point / direct

to advertise / recruit

to weigh

to force / compel

to be happy / look forward

to feel (emotionally/physically)

to get dressed

to be interested in

to relax

to get annoyed / angry

to hurry up

to take a shower

to catch a cold

to comb one’s hair

to shave

to sit down

to rest / take a break

to register / sign up

to apologize

to remember

to recover / unwind

to occupy oneself / deal with

to complain

to move / exercise

to apply (for a job)

to make up one’s mind / decide

to get used to

to concentrate

to take care of

to be worthwhile

to memorize / keep in mind

to argue with one another

to meet up

to say goodbye

to change (oneself)

to fall in love

to get lost (on foot)

to be late / delayed

to imagine / introduce oneself

to wash oneself

to wish for oneself

to wonder / be amazed

to study (at university)

to try / taste

to try on (clothes)

to test out / try out

to talk on the phone

to take photos

to work / function

to congratulate

to happen

to repair / fix

to reserve / book

to stroll / walk leisurely

to organize

to inform

to discuss

to check / inspect

to correct

to mark / highlight

to produce

to serve

to train / work out

to transport

to structure logically

to accept

to renovate

to document

to exist

to finance / fund

to guarantee

to invest

to combine

to communicate

to criticize

to motivate

to react / respond

to realize / implement

to reduce

to cultivate / refine

to postulate / posit

to state / observe

to put into perspective / qualify

to reply / retort (formal)

to make / do

to learn

to play

to buy

to need

to cook

to work

to answer

to live / reside

to live / be alive

to love

to ask

to say / tell

to hear / listen

to show

to search / look for

to wait

to cost / taste

to open

to eat breakfast

to order

to pay

to visit (a person/place)

to go grocery shopping

to open

to close / shut

to get to know / meet (first time)

to keep going / continue

to dance

to travel

to greet

to taste (good)

to clean / brush

to laugh

to cry

to rain

to hike

to collect

to belong to

to thank

to fit / suit

to put / place upright

to lay / put flat

to hope

to believe

to furnish / set up

to celebrate

to separate / sort (waste)

to save (money/energy)

to reach / achieve

to repeat / review

to plan

to discover

to master (a skill/language)

to pick up

to stop / quit

to tidy up

to wake up

to fill out (a form)

to listen attentively

to join in / participate

to inform / notify

to introduce / present

to answer (a question)

to use

to explain / declare

to allow / permit

to tell / narrate

to sell

to try / attempt

to earn / deserve

to rent out

to rent (as tenant)

to bathe / take a bath

to build

to print

to be missing / absent

to feel / sense

to found / establish

to heat

to work out / succeed (colloq.)

to ring (bell/phone)

to kiss

to smile

to paint

to mean / think (opinion)

to park

to smoke

to calculate / do math

to talk / chat

to look / watch

to gift / give as present

to send

to set / put (seated)

to stick / put inside

to be right / vote

to disturb / bother

to share / divide

to dream

to practice

to change / exchange

to wish

to count

to draw

to produce / manufacture

to examine / check / test

to destroy

to open / inaugurate

to act / trade / deal

to doubt

to convince

to agree / consent

to breathe

to end / finish

to encounter / meet by chance

to notice / remark

to report

to form / educate

to develop

to fulfill

to expect / await

to follow

to hate

to use / make use of

to rescue / save

to manage / accomplish

to protect

to consider / think about

to surprise

to translate

to teach / instruct

to support

to examine / investigate

to improve / correct

to arrange / agree upon

to demand / require

to miss (a train/opportunity)

to trust

to depict / represent

to determine / notice

to inquire / ask again

to collaborate / work together

to watch / spectate

to damage

to prepare

to settle / take care of

to claim / assert

to regret

to illustrate / clarify

to guarantee / ensure

to enable / make possible

to influence

to research / explore