Derived
One verb and everything it turns into with prefixes: halten, enthalten, aufhalten…
- bringenA220 wordsaudioTake a thing or a person where they are expected, and from that: put in order, get someone to act, achieve something. Prefixes: spend time, accommodate, teach, return, take out.
- holenA218 wordsaudioGo for something and come back with it, and also take out, win a medal, catch a cold. Prefixes: pick up, catch up and make up for, overtake, repeat, recover.
- gebenA215 wordsPass from your hands into someone else's: a thing, advice, a lesson, and also “there is”. Prefixes: give up and quit, spend, enter data, return, pass on, forgive.
- nehmenA213 wordsTake something to yourself: an apple from the table, soup in a café, a taxi, a pill. Prefixes: accept and take over, undertake, lose weight and take off, record, withdraw, take away, take along.
- machenA212 wordsaudioMake one thing become another: coffee, a person alert, a cellar into a gym. Prefixes: open and close, switch on and off, join in, copy, break, make clear.
- kommenA219 wordsCome and end up here, and also come from somewhere, hit on an idea, get into a jam. Prefixes: get, arrive, happen, get along, get ahead, come back, escape.
- habenA28 wordsaudioHave something with you or as yours, with no action at all: a thing, time, a question, hunger. With prefixes: have on, be open or closed, plan, have with you.
- sagenA29 wordsaudioPut into words; also say something about someone, mean. Prefixes: cancel and accept, testify, fail, prompt, recite by heart.
- hörenA210 wordsaudioSound reaches your ears; also listen to music, obey. Prefixes: stop, listen to, eavesdrop, mishear, not hear, pick out by ear.
- zahlenA27 wordsaudioGive money for what you get; also pay taxes and wages. Prefixes: pay for, deposit, pay out, pay extra, pay off a loan, pay back.
- suchenA28 wordsLook for what is lost or not there yet; also look for a job or a flat. Prefixes: visit and try, go to see a doctor, pick out, comb an area, search a place.
- kaufenA26 wordsaudioGive money and get a thing. Prefixes: go shopping, sell, buy up, buy from someone and believe them, buy back.
- fahrenA212 wordsaudioGo on wheels; also drive a car, take someone somewhere. Prefixes: leave, ride along, go back, drive past, hit a pedestrian, shut down a computer.
- essenA26 wordsaudioEat at the table: lunch, dinner, a snack. Prefixes: eat with someone, eat up, eat someone else's share, spend money on food.
- trinkenA27 wordsaudioDrink water, coffee or wine; also drink with friends. Prefixes: drink along, drink up, take a sip off the top, drink money away, get drunk.
- steigenA29 wordsaudioStep upwards; also rise: prices, temperature, mood. Prefixes: get on and off, change trains, climb a mountain and come down, go up in price.
- lesenA26 wordsaudioEyes run along the lines: a book, a paper, a letter; also read something in the paper. Prefixes: read aloud, look up, read through, take a meter reading, read along.
- rufenA212 wordsRaise your voice so someone hears and comes; also call a doctor or a taxi. Prefixes: phone and call back, call up, proclaim, shout to someone, summon.
- haltenB120 wordsaudioHold so that nothing moves, and from that: stop, keep your word, consider someone something. Prefixes: keep, receive, endure, talk, behave, hold back.
- sehenB122 wordsSee what comes into your eyes by itself, watch a film, see things your own way. Prefixes: look around, look in, check, look like, realise, overlook, look away.
- tragenB117 wordsaudioCarry a weight in your arms or on you: a bag, a jacket, glasses, and also responsibility and costs. Prefixes: bear, get along, transmit, apply, enter in a list, amount to, contribute.
- stehenB122 wordsaudioStand upright in your place, and also be written, suit someone, back someone, face a choice. Prefixes: get up, consist of, understand, arise, get through, be ahead.
- sitzenB1–B210 wordsaudioSit firmly and for long: on a chair, at the head office, over your work, and clothes fit well. Prefixes: own, be stuck, sit around, sit together, serve time.
- liegenB1–B215 wordsaudioLie and stay put, be located somewhere, and also “it's down to something”. Prefixes: be enclosed, be available, be pending, be subject to, lie around.
- setzenB128 wordsaudioSeat someone or put something in its place; sit down yourself; bet on something. Prefixes: occupy, replace, translate, use, continue, get your way, put together.
- legenB129 wordsaudioLay something down so it lies flat; lie down yourself; of the wind, die down. Prefixes: think over, put aside, lay out, hang up, settle, get going, trick.
- stellenB124 wordsStand something upright in its place, and also ask a question, file an application, set an alarm. Prefixes: introduce, order, produce, switch on and adjust, exhibit, find out.
- ratenB16 wordsaudioAdvise from experience, or guess at random. Prefixes: consult a specialist, recommend, advise against, guess the answer, give away a secret.
- reichenB18 wordsaudioStretch out a hand and pass the salt, reach a shelf, and also be enough: the money lasts. Prefixes: pass on, submit documents, send in later, achieve a goal.
- steckenB116 wordsaudioPush into a narrow place or be stuck there: a key in the lock, money in a project, a family in debt. Prefixes: hide, infect, pocket, unplug, mark out, back down.
- führenB115 wordsaudioWalk in front and lead others, and from that: run a business, lead in a game, hold a talk, lead to a result. Prefixes: introduce, carry out, conduct, demonstrate, continue.
- bietenB15 wordsaudioHold something out for someone to take: a chance, a view, a bid at an auction. Prefixes: offer, forbid, summon all your strength, perform on stage.
- findenB18 wordsaudioThe search ends in a find; also think something is nice or boring. Prefixes: find out, find again, find your way back, invent, come to terms, be located.
- bleibenB16 wordsaudioStay where you are and as you are. Prefixes: fall behind, be left over, stop, fail to come, settle on something.
- arbeitenB16 wordsaudioBe busy with a task: work as, at, on and with. Prefixes: work out a plan, work through a backlog, cooperate, revise a text, process.
- lassenB113 wordsLeave something alone and let it be; also allow, have someone do it. Prefixes: leave a place, dismiss, hand over, keep on, skip, let go, ease off, admit.
- denkenB19 wordsaudioThe work of the head: think, believe, remember. Prefixes: reflect, take into account, reconsider, make up, think along, think ahead.
- laufenB114 wordsaudioRun and walk; also anything that runs by itself: a film, an engine, a deadline. Prefixes: run away, get lost, expire, leak, gather, go through, keep running.
- stimmenB111 wordsaudioTune a string, be correct, cast a vote. Prefixes: agree, vote and coordinate, match, change someone's mind, strike up and join in a song, put out of tune.
- tretenB214 wordsaudioTake a step: step in a puddle, kick a ball, step outside, and a law comes into force. Prefixes: enter, join a club, stand in for someone, perform, resign, break a rule.
- weisenB211 wordsaudioPoint the way with an outstretched hand. Prefixes: prove, refer, transfer money, refer to a doctor, show documents, instruct, turn down.
- zeugenB23 wordsaudioBear witness to something and, in a quite different sense, conceive a child. Prefixes: testify, convince and be convincing.
- fügenB28 wordsaudioFit one piece to another so they make a whole; of a person, to give in or resign oneself. Prefixes: add, insert, enclose with a letter, join, do harm.
- leitenB211 wordsaudioDirect a flow along the right path: people to a counter, water, current, a department's work. Prefixes: instruct, begin, derive, forward an email, divert.