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Modal verb list (helping verbs):
- The modal verbs are a special 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 called “defective verbs” because they can not be conjugated in all of the tenses.
German Modal Verbs
- 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. In most cases, Level 1.2 articles will use words from the Level 1.1 [1a], Level 1.1 [1b] and the modal [m] verb lists. Verbs from other lists will be annotated.