German verbs — V

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validieren to validate
verabreden (sich) to make a date
verabreichen to give
verabscheuen to abhor
verabschieden to say goodbye
verabschieden (sich) to bid farewell
verachten to despise
veralbern to ridicule
veralten to grow old, stale
verändern to alter
verankern to anchor
veranlassen to cause
veranstalten to arrange, organize
verantworten to take responsibility
verarbeiten to process
verarmen to become poor
verarschen to take the mickey out of, to con (vulgar)
verballhornen to distort
verbauen to block
verbergen to hide
verbessern to improve
verbieten to forbid
verbinden to join
verbläuen to beat black and blue (colloquial)
verbleiben to remain
verbleichen to fade
verbleien to coat with lead
verblenden to blind
verblüffen to startle, bewilder
verblühen to wither
verblühen to wither
verbluten to bleed to death
verbrauchen to use up, consume
verbrechen to do (something wrong); to be at fault for
verbrennen to burn
verbringen to spend
verdächtigen to be suspicious
verdecken to mask, to hide, to occlude, to obstruct
verdenken to hold (something) against (someone)
verderben to deprive of
verdeutschen to translate into german
verdichten to condense
verdienen to make money
verdunkeln to darken, to dim, to shade
verdünnen to thin
verdunsten to evaporate, vaporize
verdüstern to darken
verebben to ebb away, to subside
verehren to revere
vereidigen to swear in
vereinbaren to agree upon
vereinfachen to simplify (to make simpler)
vereinheitlichen to standardize
vereinigen to unite
vereinsamen to grow lonely
vereiteln to frustrate, thwart
verenden to die
vererben to bequeath
verewigen to immortalize
verfahren to proceed, to deal with
verfallen to expire
verfälschen to adulterate, counterfeit
verfärben to discolour
verfassen to compose
verfaulen to rot
verfeinden to make an enemy of
verfluchen to curse
verfolgen to pursue
verfügen to decree, to order
verführen to lead astray
vergasen to gasify
vergeben to forgive
vergegenwärtigen to bring to mind
vergehen to pass
vergelten to retaliate
vergessen to forget
vergeuden to squander
vergewaltigen to rape
vergewissern to confirm
vergießen to shed (blood, sweat, tears)
vergiften to poison
vergilben to yellow (with age)
verglasen to glaze
vergleichen to compare
verglühen to burn out
vergnügen to please
vergolden to gild
vergöttern to idolize
vergraben to bury, hide
vergreifen (sich) to make a mistake, assault
vergrößern to enlarge, to amplify, to increase
vergüten to make amends
verhaften to stop moving and instead stick
verhallen to fade away
verhalten to behave
verhalten (sich) to behave, have a relation to
verhandeln to negotiate
verhärten to harden
verhauen to bash up
verheeren to ravage
verhehlen to conceal, to hide (feelings) (formal)
verheimlichen to conceal
verheiraten to wed
verherrlichen to glorify
verhindern to hinder
verhöhnen to mock
verhören to interrogate
verhüllen to cloak, to cover
verhungern to starve
verifizieren to verify
verkalken to calcify
verkaufen to sell (something in exchange for money)
verkehren to interact in someone's sphere
verkennen to fail to recognize
verklagen to accuse
verklären to make radiant
verkleiden to dress up
verkommen to go to waste, to decay, to degenerate
verkörpern to embody, to represent
verkünden to proclaim; announce
verkuppeln to pair off, to matchmake (pejorative); to couple
verkürzen to shorten
verlachen to deride
verlangen to demand
verlängern to lengthen
verlassen to leave
verlaufen to get lost
verlegen to lay; to move
verlernen to lose the ability
verlesen to misread
verletzen to hurt
verleugnen to renege
verlieben to fall in love
verlieben (sich) to fall in love
verlieren to lose
verloben (sich) to become engaged
vermasseln to botch, to mess up (colloquial)
vermehren to increase, multiply
vermeiden to avoid
vermeinen to suppose, to believe (mistakenly) (dated)
vermieten to rent
vermischen to mix together
vermissen to miss (to feel the absence of someone or something)
vermitteln to mediate
vermummen to wrap up
vermuten to assume, suppose
vernehmen to hear
verneinen to negate
vernichten to destroy; to ruin; to wreck
veröffentlichen to publish
verpachten to lease, farm out
verpassen to miss
verpesten to pollute, contaminate
verpflegen to feed, nourish
verpflichten to oblige someone
verpfuschen to blunder, bungle
verplempern to squander, waste
verprügeln to thrash
verquatschen to chatter
verraten to betray, to be disloyal to
verrecken to kick the bucket
verreisen to go away (on a trip), to travel away
verrichten to perform, execute
verriegeln to bolt
verringern to diminish
versagen to fail, to give out, to break down
versalzen to put too much salt in
versammeln to gather, to assemble
versäumen to miss out
verschallen to fade away (of sound); to go missing (dated; cf. verschollen)
verschärfen to tighten
verscheiden to die, decease
verschenken to give away (as a present)
verschieben to move, to shift
verschießen to shoot off
verschlechtern to deteriorate (make worse)
verschlimmbessern to make something worse in
verschonen to spare
verschreiben to prescribe
verschütten to spill
verschweigen to keep secret
verschwenden to squander
verschwinden to disappear, to vanish, to move out of view
versehen to perform
versetzen to move
versichern to insure
versorgen to look after
verspäten to delay
verspotten to make fun of
versprechen to promise
verspüren to feel, to sense
verstaatlichen to nationalize
verständigen to notify
verstehen to understand
verstimmen to annoy
verstimmen to annoy
versuchen to try
vertauschen to swap, to mix up, to interchange
verteidigen to defend (from attack)
verteilen to distribute
vertilgen to eradicate
vertragen to tolerate
vertrauen to trust
vertreten to step in
verunglimpfen to disparage, to revile
verunglücken to have a serious accident
verursachen to cause
verwahren to keep safe
verwalten to manage
verwandeln to turn
verwässern to water down, dilute
verwechseln to confuse, mix up
verwehren to deny somebody something
verweigern to refuse, reject
verweilen to stay, dwell
verweisen to refer
verwelken to wilt
verwenden to use
verwesen to decay, to decompose
verwickeln to involve
verwinden to get over
verwirklichen to substantiate
verwirren to tangle
verwunden to wound (hurt by piercing the skin, especially with a weapon)
verwursten to turn into sausage
verzapfen to mortise
verzehren to consume
verzeihen to excuse
verzichten to give up
verzieren to adorn
verzollen to pay duty
verzweifeln to despair
vibrieren to vibrate
vögeln screw
vollbringen to accomplish, to perform
vollenden to bring to a close
vollziehen (sich) to accomplish, take place
vorangehen to precede
vorankommen to move forward
vorarbeiten to prepare work
vorausbezahlen to prepay
vorauseilen to hurry ahead
vorausgehen to go on ahead
voraushaben to have an advantage
voraussagen to predict
vorausschicken to send first
voraussehen to foresee
voraussetzen to presuppose or assume
vorbehalten to reserve something
vorbeifahren to drive by
vorbeigehen to go past
vorbeikommen to come over
vorbeimarschieren to march by
vorbeischießen to shoot past
vorbereiten to prepare
vorbeugen to prevent, obviate
vorbringen to bring forward
vordrängen to push forward
vordringen to advance
vorenthalten to withhold
vorfahren to drive up
vorfallen to happen
vorfinden to come upon
vorführen to show
vorgaukeln to lead someone to believe
vorgeben to pretend
vorgehen to proceed
vorgreifen to reach forward
vorhaben to intend
vorhalten to hold
vorherbestimmen to settle beforehand
vorherrschen to prevail
vorhersehen to foresee
vorkommen to occur
vorlassen to let someone
vorlegen to present
vorlesen to read to
vorliegen to be in front of
vornehmen to undertake
vorrechnen to demonstrate a calculation
vorrücken to proceed
vorsagen to say something for someone else to repeat
vorschicken to send forward
vorschieben to push forward
vorschlagen to suggest
vorschreiten to step forward
vorsetzen to prefix
vorsingen to sing (something to someone)
vorspielen to perform something for
vorspringen to leap forward
vorstehen to head
vorstellen to introduce
vorstrecken to stretch forward
vorübergehen to pass by
vorwärtsgehen to go forward
vorwärtskommen to come forward
vorweisen to show
vorwerfen to throw at
vorziehen to pull to the front