German verbs — Z
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- zahlen to pay
- zählen to count
- zanken to bicker, fight
- zapfen to tap (beer, sap)
- zeichnen to draw
- zeigen to show
- zeihen to accuse
- zelten to camp out
- zensieren to censor
- zerbrechen to break into pieces
- zerfallen to disintegrate
- zergen to tease, to torment (Northern and Eastern German)
- zerlegen to dismantle
- zerplatzen to burst into pieces
- zerquetschen to crush
- zerreißen to rip
- zerren to tug
- zerschießen to shoot to pieces
- zerschmettern to smash
- zerstampfen to pound, crush
- zerstören to destroy, demolish
- zerstreuen to scatter
- zeugen to beget, father
- ziehen to pull
- zielen to aim at a physical target
- ziepen to tweak painfully, to pull (hair); to sting slightly
- zitieren to quote
- zittern to tremble
- zocken to gamble
- zögern to hesitate
- zubereiten to prepare, cook
- zubinden to tie up
- zubuttern to chip in, to subsidize (colloquial)
- züchten to breed
- zudecken to cover up
- zugeben to admit
- zuhören to listen to
- zuknöpfen to button up
- zukommen to come towards, come up to
- zulächeln to smile at
- zulassen to allow
- zumachen to close
- zunehmen to increase
- zuordnen to categorize, to classify
- zuraten to advise (to), to recommend
- zureden to advise, urge
- zureichen to suffice
- zürnen to be annoyed
- zurückbekommen to get back
- zurückbleiben to remain behind
- zurückblicken to look back
- zurückbringen to bring back
- zurückfahren to go back
- zurückfallen to fall back
- zurückfinden to find the way back
- zurückfliegen to fly back
- zurückführen to restore
- zurückgeben to give back
- zurückgehen to go back, return
- zurückhalten to hold
- zurückkommen to come back
- zurücklassen to leave behind
- zurücklaufen to go back
- zurücknehmen to withdraw
- zurückrufen to call back
- zurückschicken to send back
- zurückschlagen to beat back
- zurückspringen to jump back
- zurückstellen to put off, to defer
- zurückstoßen to push back
- zurücktreten to step back
- zurückweichen to give way
- zurückweisen to reject (strongly), to turn down; to turn back
- zurückwerfen to throw back
- zurückziehen to pull back
- zusagen to accept
- zusammenarbeiten to cooperate
- zusammenbeißen to clench the teeth
- zusammenbinden to tie together
- zusammenbrechen (sein) to collapse
- zusammenfassen to summarize, to sum up
- zusammenkommen to come together
- zusammenleben to live together
- zusammenlegen to merge
- zusammennähen to sew together
- zusammenpassen to go well together
- zuschauen to look on
- zuschlagen to strike
- zuschreiben to attribute, to ascribe
- zusehen to watch
- zusprechen to grant
- zustimmen to agree
- zuvorkommen to anticipate, to precede, to forestall
- zuwenden (sich) to turn (oneself/something) towards
- zuwerfen to throw to
- zuwinken to wave to
- zuziehen to move here
- zweifeln to doubt
- zwingen to force; to compel; to make (someone do something)
- zwinkern to wink, to blink
- zwirnen to twine, to twist (yarn)
- zwitschern to chirp