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- Top 9 most important German verbs Top 9 German Verbs These are the top 9 German verbs that everyone absolutely must learn as soon as possible. These are the most important verbs because because they describe states of being and allow the formation of questions. Without these 9 German verbs, sentences would be reduced to simple phrases. To find out exactly what I ...
Modal verb list (helping verbs):
The modal verbs are a small class of auxiliary (helping) verbs used mostly to express properties such as possibility and obligation. Modal verbs are used to refer to the three periods of time: past, present, and future. Modal verbs are defective verbs; which means, modal verbs can not be conjugated in all tenses.
- dürfen – allow to
- können – be able to do, can, could
- mögen – to like
- müssen – to have to do
- sollen – should, shall, to be supposed to
- wollen – to want
Level 1,1 (1a) verb list:
The Level 1,1 (1a) DaF verb list is a collection of the most common verbs in the German language. Level 1,1 articles will only use words from the Level 1,1 (1a) verb list and the modal (m) verb list.
- backen – to bake
- bezahlen– to pay
- bleiben– to remain, to stay
- brauchen– to need
- essen– to eat
- fahren– to drive, to go (by vehicle)
- finden– to find
- fragen– to ask
- geben– to give
- gehen– to go (by foot)
- haben– to have
- kaufen– to buy
- kommen– to come
- kosten– to cost
- machen– to make, to do
- nehmen– to take
- sagen– to say
- sehen– to see
- sein– to be
- sprechen– to speak
- trinken– to drink
- vergessen– to forget
- werden– to become
- wohnen– to live
- zeigen– to show
Level 1,2 (1b) verb list:
The Level 1,2 (1b) DaF verb list is a collection of some of the most common verbs in the German language. Level 1,2 articles will only use words from the Level 1,1 (1a), Level 1,1 (1b) and the modal (m) verb lists.