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be-
beachten beabsichtigen beanstanden
to pay attention to, heed to intend to object, make a complaint

beantragen beantworten bearbeiten

to request, plead to answer (a question) to work on, rework

bedauern bedanken bedecken

to regret, commiserate to thank to cover

bedenken bedeuten bedienen

to consider, deliberate to mean, signify to serve, operate

bedrohen beehren beeilen

to threaten to honor to hurry, be quick

beenden beerben beerdigen

to finish, complete to succeed, inherit to bury, inter

befehlen befeuern beflecken

to command, order to heat to sully, taint, stain

befördern befragen befreien

to convey, send to question (someone) to free, liberate

befürchten begehen begehren

to fear to commit (an act) to desire, covet

begleiten beglücken begreifen

to accompany to please, bless to comprehend

begrüßen begünstigen behalten

to welcome, greet to promote, favor to retain, keep

behandeln behaupten beheizen

to treat, handle to claim, assert to heat

beherrschen beirren bejahen

to control to confuse, mislead to affirm, to say yes to

bekämpfen beknien bekochen

to fight against to lean on, be urgently to cook for someone

bekommen beköstigen bekümmern

to receive, get to feed someone, cater for to trouble, distress

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belassen belasten belauschen

to leave something to strain, burden to overhear, eavesdrop

belehnen belehren belobigen

to mortgage to instruct, lecture to commend, praise

belohnen belügen belustigen

to reward to lie to someone to amuse

bemächtigen bemannen benachrichtigen

to seize, usurp to man, crew to notify

benachteiligen beobachten berauben

to wrong, adversely affect to watch, observe to rob, spoil

bereichern bereuen besamen

to enrich to regret to fertilize, inseminate

beschäftigen beschatten beschenken

to employ, keep busy to tail, shadow to give presents to

beschießen bescheißen beschlafen

to batter, bombard to cheat, swindle to bed someone

beschleunigen beschließen beschneiden

to accelerate to resolve, determine, decide to prune, circumcise

beschönigen beschreiten beschuldigen

to whitewash, sugarcoat to pursue to accuse

beschweren beschwichtigen beschwören

to encumber, ballast to allay, appease to invoke, implore

besehen besetzen besitzen

to look at to occupy, man, conquer to possess

bestehen bestehlen besteuern

to insist, persist to steal from someone to tax, impose a tax on

bestrafen bestrahlen bestreuen

to punish, sentence to irradiate to sprinkle, strew

bestücken besuchen besudeln

to fit, equip to attend, visit to sully, besmirch

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betanken betasten betätigen

to refuel, fill up to palpate, palm to operate, activate

betatschen betonen betören

to feel up, grope to emphasize, enhance to infatuate, beguile

betrachten betrauern betreiben

to consider, contemplate to mourn, bemoan to pursue, operate

betreten betrinken betrügen

to tread, step on to get drunk to deceive

beweisen bewerkstelligen bewilligen

to prove, witness, to accomplish, bring about to grant, approve, allow
substantiate

bezahlen bezaubern bezeichnen

to pay to enchant, charm to denote, designate

bezichtigen beziehen bezwingen

to accuse, incriminate to refer, correlate to subjugate, conquer

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ent-
entarten entblättern entbrennen
to degenerate to shed leaves to flare up, conflagrate

entdecken entehren enteilen

to discover to dishonor, defile, defame to hasten, hurry away

enterben entfachen entfernen

to disinherit, cut out of one’s to spark, kindle, inflame to remove, extract
will

entfesseln entfetten entflammen

to unleash, set free to degrease, defat to kindle, inflame, catch fire

entfliehen entfolgen entfremden

to escape, get away to unfollow to alienate, estrange

entfärben entführen entgiften

to bleach, decolor to abduct, kidnap to detox

enthaaren enthäuten enthüllen

to remove hair to skin, flay, peel to expose, unveil, disclose

entkräften entlarven entnehmen

to weaken, debilitate to reveal, debunk, unmask to extract, withdraw

entpuppen entrosten entschädigen

to emerge from its to derust, remove rust to reimburse, compensate,
chrysalis/cocoon indemnify

entschärfen entsetzen entsichern

to defuse, alleviate, disarm to relieve, oust to unlock, activate

entsprießen entspringen entstehen

to arise from something to arise from, spring up to emerge, rise

entwaffnen entzaubern entzünden

to disarm to disenchant, break the to kindle, inflame, ignite
spell, debunk

emp-
empfangen empfehlen empfinden
to receive to recommend to feel, sense

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er-
erachten erarbeiten erbauen
to consider, think of (in a to develop, compile, work to build, construct
certain way) towards

erbeben erbetteln erbeuten

to shudder, tremble, quake to be, panhandle to prey, capture, entrap

erbieten erbitten erblassen

to undertake, offer, volunteer to solicit, request, petition to fade, grow/turn pale

erblicken erblühen erbrechen

to behold, catch sight of to blossom, bloom to vomit

erbringen erdenken erdreisten

to render, perform, generate to conceive, think up to dare, venture

erdrosseln erdrücken erdulden

to choke, strangle to overwhelm, crush/smother to endure, tolerate
(to death)

ereifern ereilen ererben

to get excited about to befall, overtake to inherit
something

erfahren erfassen erfinden

to experience to capture, collect, acquire to invent

erfolgen erfordern erfragen

to follow, ensue to require, demand to inquire about, ask

erfreuen erfrieren erfrischen

to please, delight to freeze to death to refresh

erfüllen ergänzen ergaunern

to fulfill, accomplish, satisfy to complete, complement to scam

ergeben ergießen ergrauen

to yield, give, reveal to pour, spill to grey, turn grey

ergreifen erhalten erhängen

to seize, grasp, grab to obtain, receive to hang (to death)

erhärten erheben erheischen

to solidify, confirm to raise, elevate to command (attention)

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erhellen erhitzen erhöhen

to lighten, illuminate to heat, warm to raise, increase

erhoffen erholen erhören

to anticipate, wish for to rally, recover to answer (a prayer, plea)

erkälten erkämpfen erkaufen

to catch a cold to eke out, carve out to buy, pay dearly fo

erkennen erkiesen erklären

to recognize, realize to choose to explain, declare

erklimmen erklingen erkranken

to crest, clamber to resound, ring out to sicken, become diseased

erküren erlahmen erlangen

to choose to languish, grow weak to gain, obtain

erlassen erleben erledigen

to exempt, cancel, abate to experience to manage, finish, take care
of

erlegen erleiden erlernen

to slay, kill to suffer, incur to learn, master

erlesen erleuchten erliegen

to select to illuminate to succumb

erlöschen erlösen erlügen

to lapse, expire to release, save to fabricate something

ermahnen ermangeln ermitteln

to urge, caution, remind to lack to determine, investigate

ermöglichen ermorden ermüden

to enable, make possible to murder, assassinate to tire, fatigue

ermuntern ermutigen ernähren

to encourage, cheer up to encourage, embolden to nourish, feed

ernennen erniedrigen eröffnen

to appoint, nominate to humiliate, debase to establish, initiate

erpressen erproben erraten

to blackmail, extort to prove, attempt, try to guess, answer

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errechnen erregen erreichen

to reckon, calculate to thrill, excite to obtain, reach, accomplish

erretten errichten erringen

to redeem, save to erect, establish to achieve, gain, win

erröten ersaufen erschlaffen

to blush, flush, redden to drown to go limp, slacken

erschaffen erschallen erschauen

to create, fabricate to resound, ring out to behold, see

erscheinen erschießen erschlagen

to appear, emerge to shoot (and kill) to slay, beat (to death)

erschließen erschöpfen erschrecken

to exploit, develop to deplete, exhaust to scare, frighten

ersehen ersehnen ersetzen

to see, learn from to crave, desire to replace, substitute

erspähen erstarren erstaunen

to spy, discover to stiffen, congeal to astonish, amaze

erstechen erstellen ersterben

to stab (to death) to issue, compile, build to die away (down)

ersticken erstreben erstreiten

to choke, suffocate to strive, aim at to contend successfully for

erstürmen ertappen erteilen

to storm, take by storm to cop, catch out to confer, award, administer

ertönen ertragen ertränken

to sound, resonate to bear, endure, tolerate to drown

erträumen ertrinken ertüchtigen

to picture, dream of to drown to toughen up, get fit

erwachsen erwägen erwählen

to grow up to contemplate, deliberate to choose, elect, select

erwärmen erwarten erwecken

to warm (up) to expect to arouse, inspire

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erwehren erweichen erweisen

to resist, ward off to melt, soften to prove, demonstrate

erweitern erwerben erwidern

to expand, broaden to acquire, earn, procure to respond, retort, reply

erwirken erwirtschaften erwischen

to effect, obtain to earn, obtain to catch, nab, seize

erwürgen erzählen erzeigen

to choke, strangle to tell, narrate to prove, show

erzeugen erziehen erzielen

to generate, manufacture, to educate, rear, train to achieve, attain, obtain
constitute

erzürnen erzwingen
to irritate, anger, offend to compel, force, extort

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ge-
gebieten gebrauchen gedenken
to demand, command to use to commemorate

gefallen gefrieren geruhen

to please, delight to freeze, congeal to condescend

gehören geleiten genießen

to belong to to usher, escort to enjoy, relish

gerinnen gestehen geziemen

to congeal, clot to confess, admit to become, befit, behoove

miss-
missachten missbrauchen missdeuten
to disregard, flout to misuse, abuse to misconstrue, misinterpret

missgönnen misshandeln misslingen

to grudge, begrudge to abuse, maltreat to fail, miscarry, be
unsuccessful

misstrauen missverstehen
to mistrust, distrust, suspect to misunderstand

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ver-
verabreichen verabscheuen verabschieden
to administer, deliver to abhor, detest, nauseate to dismiss, see off, say
goodbye

veralbern verallgemeinern verändern

to tease, stultify to generalize, universalise to change, alter, modify

veranlassen verantworten verarbeiten

to prompt, induce to answer (for something) to process, manufacture

verärgern verarschen verarzten

to annoy, exasperate to hoax, to take someone for to doctor, administer first aid
a ride to someone

verballern verbannen verbeamten

to squander, waste to banish, relegate to make someone a civil
servant

verbessern verbieten verbinden

to improve, enhance to forbid, prohibit, ban to connect, link

verbraten verbuddeln verderben

to waste, fritter away to bury, plant to spoil, taint, ruin

verdienen verdingen verehren

to earn, deserve to hire out to worship, adore, revere

verelenden verengen vererben

to immiserate, pauperize to constrict, narrow to bequeath, hand down

verfahren verfallen verfassen

to proceed, act to decay, expire, decline to indict, draft, compose

verfeinden verflachen verflüssigen

to make enemies of to flatten, degenerate to liquefy

verfolgen verfremden verfügen

to pursue, follow to alienate to command, decree

verführen vergessen vergeuden

to seduce, allure, mislead to forget to squander, waste

vergolden vergöttern vergraben

to gild, gold-plate to adore, idolize to bury

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vergrößern verhalten verhauen

to enhance, increase to restrain, control to whack, spank

verheißen verhelfen verhunzen

to augur, promise to help provide to ruin, spoil

verhütten verirren verkaufen

to smelt ore to stray, become lost to sell

verkehren verklären verkörpern

to pervert to glorify to embody, epitomize

verköstigen verkünden verkuppeln

to feed, provide with meals to declare, proclaim to matchmake

verlangsamen verlassen verleugnen

to decelerate, slow down to leave, desert to disown, deny

verlieren verludern vermachen

to lose, forfeit to squander to bequeath

vermehren vermindern vermissen

to increase, multiply to reduce, impair, shrink to miss

vermöbeln vermüllen vernageln

to lambast, thrash, bash, beat to litter to nail up something, board
up up

verpassen verpissen verprassen

to miss to bugger off, eff off, piss off to squander, blow, fritter
away

verprügeln verpulvern versachlichen

to batter, pummel, wallop to blow (money) to objectify

versagen versalzen versanden

to fail, malfunction, fall to oversalt to silt up, fizzle out, peter out
through

verschalen verscherzen verschießen

to lag, plank to forfeit, trifle away to misplay, shoot away

verschlampen verschütten verschwenden

to lose to spill to dissipate, squander, waste

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verschwimmen verschwinden verseuchen

to become blurred, grow hazy to disappear, vanish to pollute, infect, contaminate

versichern versieben versilbern

to assure, assert, insure to squander a chance to silver-plate, cover with
silver

versinken versohlen verstehen

to sink to belt, leather, paddle to understand, comprehend

versuchen vertiefen vertreiben

to attempt, try to deepen, intensify to banish, displace

vertreten vertun vervielfältigen

to substitute, deputize to waste, squander, fool away to duplicate, manifold

verwahrlosen verwässern verweichlichen

to go to seed, become to dilute, water down to grow soft, sissify, render
dilapidated effeminate

verwerfen verwirken verwünschen

to repudiate, condemn, to forfeit to imprecate, cuss, curse
abolish

verwursten
to rehash, make into sausage

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zer-
zerbeißen zerbersten zerbomben
to masticate, bite something to burst, rupture to bomb to pieces
in two, chew

zerbröckeln zerdrücken zerfahren

to crumble to crush, squash to kill (with a vehicle), flatten

zerfleddern zerfleischen zerfressen

to tatter to mangle, tear to pieces to erode, corrode

zergliedern zerhacken zerhauen

to parse, dismember, dissect to mince, hack, chop up to beat to pieces

zerkauen zerknautschen zerknüllen

to scrunch, chew up, to crumple to rumple, wad into a ball
masticate

zerkrümeln zerlassen zermanschen

to crumble to melt to smash

zermartern zermürben zerpflücken

to torment to demoralize, wear down to pick to pieces

zerreiben zerrütten zersägen

to grind, pulverize to subvert, ruin, wreck, destroy to saw up, slab, cut up

zerschellen zerschlagen zerschmelzen

to burst, shatter, smash to to smite, batter, break to melt (away)
pieces

zerschneiden zerschrammen zerspalten

to cut, carve, dissect to bruise, seam to split

zersprengen zerspringen zerstampfen

to scatter to burst, shatter to pound, bruise, pulverize

zerteilen zertrennen zertreten

to dissipate, dissect, break to disjoint, sever, separate to squelch, trample, scrunch
up, divide up

zertrümmern zerwühlen zerzausen

to smash, break, pound to dishevel, churn up, make a to ruffle, rough up
mess of

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