Top 100 German verbs

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1habenhaveverb 2müssenhave to · mustverb 3könnencanverb 4gebengiveverb 5sollenshall · shouldverb 6sagensay · tellverb 7wollenwantverb 8kommencomeverb 9gehengoverb 10machendo · makeverb 11siebenseven · sieveverb 12sehenseeverb 13lassenleave · letverb 14findenfindverb 15bleibenremain · stayverb 16liegenlieverb 17stellenplace · putverb 18nehmentakeverb 19zeigenshowverb 20dürfenallow · be allowed · be allowed to · mayverb 21haltenhold · keep · stick · stopverb 22bringenbring · takeverb 23spielenplayverb 24heißenbe called · call · welcomeverb 25erhaltenreceiveverb 26setzenset · sit · sit downverb 27erklärenexplainverb 28gehörenbelongverb 29beginnenbeginverb 30sprechenspeakverb 31tundoverb 32geltenapply · be · be considered · be valid · consider · countverb 33mögenlikeverb 34gewinnengain · winverb 35bekommenget · receiveverb 36schreibenwriteverb 37erreichenreachverb 38nennencall · nameverb 39arbeitenworkverb 40bietenofferverb 41schaffencomplete · do · manage · passverb 42berichtenreportverb 43treffenmeet · meet themselvesverb 44bestehenconsist · exist · get by · insist · last · overcomeverb 45forderndemandverb 46verlierenloseverb 47lebenliveverb 48laufenrun · walkverb 49tretenjoin · kick · stepverb 50entstehenarise · come about · emergeverb 51tragencarry · wearverb 52brauchenneedverb 53feierncelebrateverb 54sorgencare · ensure · make sure · take care · worryverb 55übernehmencover · take on · take oververb 56versuchentryverb 57fahrendrive · goverb 58folgenfollowverb 59legenlay · putverb 60suchenlook for · searchverb 61erwartenexpectverb 62befindenbe · be located · find · find oneself · locateverb 63handelnact · tradeverb 64scheinenseem · shineverb 65steigenclimb · get out · riseverb 66glaubenbelieveverb 67schließenclose · lockverb 68entscheidendecideverb 69fehlenbe missing · miss · missingverb 70nutzentake advantage of · useverb 71denkenthinkverb 72kennenknowverb 73fragenaskverb 74bezeichnencall · describe · designate · referverb 75gelingenmanage · succeedverb 76erscheinenappear · publishverb 77schlagenbeat · hit · slam · strikeverb 78entwickelndevelopverb 79fallenfallverb 80verstehenunderstandverb 81wählenchoose · dial · electverb 82helfenhelpverb 83freuenbe happy · look forwardverb 84betonenemphasize · stressverb 85erzählentellverb 86teilenshareverb 87bauenbuildverb 88planenplanverb 89lesenreadverb 90sitzensitverb 91zählencountverb 92bildenformverb 93unterstützensupportverb 94erinnernremember · remindverb 95ändernchangeverb 96präsentierenpresentverb 97startenstartverb 98hoffenhopeverb 99rechnencalculateverb 100bittenask · requestverb

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