38 most common dative verbs

Question 1

absagen

Answer 1

cancel

Question 2

ähneln

Answer 2

look alike/similar

Question 3

antworten

Answer 3

answer

Question 4

begegnen

Answer 4

to encounter

Question 5

beistehen

Answer 5

stand by

Question 6

beitreten

Answer 6

to join

Question 7

danken

Answer 7

to thank

Question 8

dienen

Answer 8

to serve (goes with ‘‘mit’)

Question 9

drohen

Answer 9

to threaten

Question 10

einfallen

Answer 10

to have an idea (to fall in) / to come to mind

Question 11

entgegenkommen

Answer 11

to approach/to come towards

Question 12

fehlen

Answer 12

to miss (similar structure to french - du fehlst mir)

Question 13

folgen

Answer 13

to follow

Question 14

gefallen

Answer 14

to like/appeal to

Question 15

gehorchen

Answer 15

to obey

Question 16

gehören

Answer 16

to belong to

Question 17

gelingen

Answer 17

to succeed ( structure like to miss - succeed to)

Question 18

genügen

Answer 18

to be enough

Question 19

glauben

Answer 19

to believe

Question 20

gratulieren

Answer 20

to congratulate

Question 21

gut tun

Answer 21

to do well

Question 22

helfen

Answer 22

to help

Question 23

missfallen

Answer 23

to displease

Question 24

sich nähern

Answer 24

to come close

Question 25

nachlaufen

Answer 25

to run after

Question 26

nützen

Answer 26

to be beneficial

Question 27

passen

Answer 27

to fit

Question 28

passieren

Answer 28

to happen

Question 29

platzen

Answer 29

to explode

Question 30

raten

Answer 30

to recommend

Question 31

schaden

Answer 31

to harm (possibly reflexive? Ask sebastian)

Question 32

schmecken

Answer 32

to taste

Question 33

vertrauen

Answer 33

to trust

Question 34

verzeihen

Answer 34

to forgive

Question 35

weh tun

Answer 35

to hurt

Question 36

widersprechen

Answer 36

to contradict

Question 37

zuhören

Answer 37

to listen to

Question 38

zustimmen

Answer 38

to agree