German Core Vocabulary

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150 essential German words with pronunciation, gender and plural, example sentences translated into English, and principal parts for the verbs.

sein

to be

haben

to have

werden

to become, will

machen

to do, to make

gehen

to go, to walk

kommen

to come

können

can, to be able to

wollen

to want

müssen

must, to have to

sollen

should, to be supposed to

dürfen

may, to be allowed to

wissen

to know (facts)

kennen

to know (people, places)

sagen

to say, to tell

sehen

to see

geben

to give

nehmen

to take

finden

to find

denken

to think

glauben

to believe, to think

sprechen

to speak

essen

to eat

trinken

to drink

kaufen

to buy

bezahlen

to pay

öffnen

to open

schließen

to close

lesen

to read

schreiben

to write

schlafen

to sleep