Important German verbs for Beginners

Do you know all 50 of the most basic and frequently used words in German language?

How we generated this list: First we took the verbs which are suggested for beginners and which are necessary to pass the Goethe Insitute's A1 certificate. Second we ordered them after their frequency of usage and saved the 50 top words in this list.

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Words of the lists

word	translation
sein	to be
werden	to become
haben	to have
können	to can to be able to
müssen	to must to have to
geben	to give
sollen	to should to ought
sagen	to say
wollen	to want
kommen	to come
gehen	to go to walk
machen	to do
stehen	to stand
sehen	to see
finden	to find
bleiben	to stay
liegen	to lie
stellen	to put
nehmen	to take
dürfen	to be allowed
bringen	to bring
halten	to hold
spielen	to play
heißen	to be called
wissen	to know

word	translation
erklären	to explain
gehören	to belong
beginnen	to begin
sprechen	to speak
tun	to do
mögen	to like
gewinnen	to win
bekommen	to get
schreiben	to write
arbeiten	to work
treffen	to meet
zahlen	to pay
leben	to live
laufen	to walk
brauchen	to need
feiern	to celebrate
fahren	to drive
suchen	to search
legen	to put
glauben	to believe
scheinen	to seem
schließen	to close
fehlen	to lack to be missing to be absent
kennen	to know
fragen	to ask