German Verb Guide

Fully Conjugated Verbs
See the Verb-Lexikon for a full alphabetical list
Also see the English-to-German verb index below

anfangen to begin, start
anrufen to call up
antworten to answer
ausmachen - 10 meanings!

backen to bake
beginnen to begin
bleiben to stay

denken to think
dürfen to be permitted, allow

empfehlen to recommend
erfinden to invent
essen to eat

fahren to travel, drive
finden to find

geben to give
gehen to go
geschehen to happen, occur

haben to have
hassen to hate
heißen to be named/called
helfen to help

kennen to know, be familiar with
kommen to come
können to be able, can

lassen to let, leave
  Also: The Many Meanings of lassen
laufen to run, walk
liegen to lie, recline

mögen to like (to)
müssen to have to, must

nehmen to take
nennen to name, call

schaffen create; make, do
schlafen sleep
schreiben to write
sehen to see
sein to be
sollen should, ought to, supposed to
sprechen to speak, talk
stehen to stand

trinken to drink
tun to do

werden to become
wissen to know
wollen to want (to)

German Verb Conjugator

English-to-German Verb Index

allow/may (dürfen), answer (antworten), bake (backen), be (sein), become (werden), begin (anfangen/beginnen), be named/called (heißen), call up (anrufen), can/be able (können), come (kommen), create (schaffen), do (tun), drink (trinken), drive/travel (fahren), eat (essen), find (finden), give (geben), go (gehen), happen (geschehen), hate (hassen), have (haben), have to/must (müssen), help (helfen), invent erfinden, know 1 (kennen), know 2 (wissen), like (mögen), make, do (schaffen), name/call (nennen), recommend (empfehlen), let (lassen), lie/recline liegen), run (laufen), see (sehen), should/ought to (sollen), sleep (schlafen), speak/talk (sprechen), stand (stehen), stay (bleiben), take (nehmen), think (denken), walk (laufen), write (schreiben)
MORE > Full Verb Index (German-English)
 

German Verb Tenses
How to conjugate German verbs in various tenses

German Verb Conjugator
Find the conjugation of common German verbs.

The Present Tense
The German present tense - Lesson 4B of German for Beginners

The Two German Past Tenses
The Simple Past and the Present Perfect

The Present Perfect Tense
Talking about the past - Lesson 18 of German for Beginners

The Future Tense
Talking about the future - das Futur/die Zukunft

German Command Forms
The imperative - Lesson 11 of German for Beginners

The Subjunctive Mood
An introduction to the two German subjunctive moods and how they are used.

The Subjunctive I
The German Subjunctive I is also known as the "quotative."

The Subjunctive II
When and how to use this verbal mood, with self-scoring quiz.

Classes of Verbs
Regular, irregular, modals, and other kinds of German verbs

Regular Verbs: Present Tense
The Präsens conjugation of regular verbs

20 Most-Used German Verbs
Ranked by frequency of use

50 Common German Verbs
Fully conjugated in the present tense

German Dative Verbs
antworten, helfen, folgen and other verbs that take the dative case

German Modal Verbs
dürfen, können, mögen, usw. with conjugated forms and examples

German Reflexive Verbs
Part of Lesson 15 of German for Beginners

German Strong Verbs
A German-English guide to the irregular (strong) verb forms

The German "know" Verbs
The three "know" verbs in German - part of German for Beginners

German Verb Prefixes
Verbs with separable and inseparable prefixes

German Verbs with Prepositions
Prepositions used with verbs and verb idioms

Verb-Lexikon
An alphabetical list of common German verbs, many with links to their full conjugation.

Ablaut Classes
The seven ablaut vowel patterns for the strong verbs in German.