German verbs — D
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- daddeln to play (a slot machine or video game)
- dämmern to dawn
- dampfen to steam
- dämpfen to steam, treat with steam
- danken to thank
- darbieten to offer or present something
- darstellen to depict
- dasein (da sein) to be there
- datieren to date
- dauern to last
- davonkommen to get off, to get away
- decken to cover
- defilieren to file past, to parade
- dehnen to stretch, to extend
- deklamieren to declaim, to recite
- deklinieren to decline (grammar)
- delegieren to delegate
- delektieren (sich delektieren an) to take delight in (dated)
- demonstrieren to demonstrate
- demütigen to humble, humiliate
- denken to think
- denunzieren to denounce, to inform against
- derblecken to roast, to mock publicly (Bavarian)
- derogieren to derogate (law)
- desavouieren to expose, to compromise
- designen to design
- desinfizieren to disinfect
- despektieren to disrespect (dated)
- destillieren to distil
- detachieren to detach (troops); to remove stains (dated)
- deuten to interpret
- dichten to compose poetry
- dienen to serve
- diffamieren to defame, to slander
- diktieren to dictate
- dilatieren to dilate (medicine)
- dingen to hire for a crime
- dirigieren to direct, to channel
- diskreditieren to discredit
- diskriminieren to discriminate
- diskutieren to discuss
- dislozieren to deploy
- dispensieren to dispense, to exempt (from)
- dispergieren to disperse (chemistry)
- disponieren to plan ahead
- diversifizieren to diversify
- dividieren to divide (mathematics)
- dolmetschen to translate
- dominieren to dominate
- donnern to thunder
- dosieren to measure a dose
- dran sein to be one’s turn
- drängeln to push, jostle
- drängen to push, urge
- dräuen to threaten, to loom (poetic)
- drehen to turn
- dreschen to thresh
- dressieren to train, break in
- driften to float, drift
- dringen to insist
- drohen to threaten
- drucken to print
- drücken to press
- ducken (sich) to duck, stoop
- duckmäusern to cower, to knuckle under (colloquial)
- duften to be fragrant
- dulden to endure
- düngen to fertilize
- dünken to seem (to); (sich dünken) to fancy oneself (archaic)
- durchblättern to turn pages, skim through a book
- durchbohren to bore through, penetrate
- durchbrechen to break something in two
- durchdringen to penetrate, pierce
- durchfahren to cross while driving
- durchfallen to fall through
- durchführen to perform, to conduct
- durchhalten to hang on, persevere
- durchhelfen to help out, give support
- durchkämpfen to fight to the end
- durchkommen to come through
- durchnehmen to cover, to teach about
- durchreisen to travel through, traverse
- durchschlafen to sleep through
- durchschneiden to cut through
- durchsehen to look through
- durchsetzen to establish
- durchsickern to percolate, permeate
- durchsieben to sift, sieve
- durchsprechen to discuss thoroughly
- durchstechen to prick
- durchstoßen to break through
- durchstreichen to cross out, erase
- durchströmen to flow through, perfuse
- durchsuchen to search thoroughly
- durchtreiben to force through, effect
- durchwachen to watch through, lie awake
- durchweben to interweave
- durchwinden to wind through
- durchziehen to pass
- dürfen to be allowed
- dursten to be thirsty
- duschen to shower
- duzen to address informally using the pronoun du