Learn German verbs by prefix families

bekommen

to get, to receive

beginnen

to begin, to start, to commence

bestehen

to exist, to insist, to pass, to consist, to persist

betreffen

to affect, to concern, to relate to

bedeuten

to mean, to signify

beschreiben

to describe

verlieren

to lose

versuchen

to try, to attempt

verstehen

to understand, to comprehend, to apprehend

vergehen

to pass, to go by, to elapse

verbinden

to connect, to link, to combine, to join

vergleichen

to compare

erklären

to explain, to declare

erhalten

to receive, to get, to obtain, to preserve, to maintain

erreichen

to achieve, to reach, to attain, to accomplish, to gain

erkennen

to recognize, to recognise, to see, to identify, to detect

erscheinen

to appear, to seem, to be published, to be released, to come out

erwarten

to expect, to await, to anticipate

anfangen

to begin, to start

anbieten

to offer

ansehen

to look at, to see, to view, to watch

annehmen

to accept, to assume, to believe

ankommen

to arrive, to reach

angeben

to specify, to indicate, to state, to declare, to show off

aussehen

to appear, to look

ausgehen

to go out, to run out, to assume, to expect

ausreichen

to be enough, to be sufficient, to suffice

ausschließen

to exclude, to rule out, to preclude

auslösen

to trigger, to cause, to set off, to provoke

ausmachen

to put out, to turn off, to agree, to make up, to constitute

abschließen

to lock, to close, to complete, to conclude, to finish

ablehnen

to refuse, to reject, to turn down, to decline

abhängen

to depend, to hang out, to take down, to leave behind, to shake off

abgeben

to give away, to hand in, to submit, to deliver, to dispense

abnehmen

to decrease, to reduce, to remove, to lose weight

ablaufen

to run out, to expire

einsetzen

to put in, to insert, to use

einstellen

to adjust, to set, to employ, to hire, to stop

eingehen

to deal with, to pay attention, to agree to, to shrink, to arrive

einrichten

to set up, to furnish

einfallen

to occur, to come to mind, to remember, to collapse, to invade

einladen

to invite, to load

aufnehmen

to record, to include, to absorb, to accommodate

auftreten

to appear, to occur, to arise, to perform

aufbauen

to build, to build up, to set up, to establish

aufgeben

to give up, to abandon, to post, to place

auftauchen

to show up, to come up, to appear, to surface, to emerge

aufstehen

to stand up, to get up

vorliegen

to be there, to exist

vorkommen

to happen, to occur, to seem, to appear

vorbereiten

to prepare

vorsehen

to plan, to provide (for), to envisage, to intend to

vorschlagen

to suggest, to propose, to recommend

vorlegen

to present, to provide, to submit, to produce

zunehmen

to increase, to grow, to gain weight

zulassen

to allow, to let, to permit, to admit

zukommen

to come towards, to come to

zugeben

to admit, to confess

zuhören

to listen

zuordnen

to assign, to allocate, to classify

entsprechen

to correspond to, to meet, to comply with, to conform to

entstehen

to arise, to originate, to develop, to form, to emerge

entwickeln

to develop

enthalten

to contain, to include

entdecken

to discover

entfernen

to remove

zurückkommen

to come back, to return

zurückkehren

to return, to go back, to come back

zurückgehen

to go back, to return, to decrease, to decline

zurückziehen

to withdraw, to recall, to retract

zurückführen

to attribute, to lead back, to trace back, to return

zurückhalten

to hold back, to restrain

umfassen

to include, to comprise, to cover, to consist of

umgehen

to avoid, to bypass, to circumvent, to handle, to deal with

umsetzen

to put into practice, to implement, to realise, to realize, to move

umdrehen

to turn, to turn over, to turn around, to flip

umgeben

to surround, to enclose, to encircle

umbringen

to kill, to slay, to murder

zusammenfassen

to summarise, to summarize, to combine

zusammenhängen

to be related, to be connected, to be linked, to correlate

zusammensetzen

to put together, to compose, to assemble, to get together

zusammenarbeiten

to cooperate, to work together, to collaborate

zusammenleben

to live together, to cohabit

zusammenkommen

to meet, to get together, to come together

mitnehmen

to take, to take along, to give a lift

mitbringen

to bring

mitteilen

to inform

mitmachen

to participate, to join in, to take part

mitbekommen

to notice, to realize, to catch, to get

mitspielen

to play too, to play along, to join in a game

nachdenken

to think, to think about, to reflect, to ponder, to contemplate

nachweisen

to prove, to demonstrate

nachfolgen

to follow, to succeed

nachgehen

to follow, to pursue, to keep track, to look into, to be slow

nachforschen

to investigate, to inquire, to find out

nachschauen

to look (up), to check

weggehen

to leave, to go away

wegnehmen

to take away, to remove

wegbringen

to take away, to bring away, to see off

wegfahren

to drive away, to drive off, to leave

weglaufen

to run away

wegmachen

to remove, to get rid of