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  • gebieten (über)
    (ge verb)
    hat geboten
    gebat
    1.
    to rule (over), to command (over)
    (Based on the idea that people do your bidding. A bit out of date since we don't have a feudal system anymore, but you can find it here and there and the related words are hella common. And yes, I just used "hella" in a dictionary... because why not!)
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  • gebrauchen
    (ge verb)
    hat gebraucht
    gebrauchte
    1.
    to use
    (Sounds fancy and old school. You sometimes find it legal documents, but it's more common in its relatives.)
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  • gedeihen
    (ge verb)
    ist gediehen
    gedieh
    1.
    to thrive, to flourish
    (Sounds a bit old school and is not the best choice for daily life. Best fit is for gardening.)
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  • gedenken (+Gen)
    (ge verb)
    hat gedacht
    gedachte
    1.
    to commemorate
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  • gedulden (sich)
    (ge verb)
    hat geduldet
    gedultete
    1.
    to be patient
    ("sich+Acc gedulden" - very common)
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  • gefährden
    (ge verb)
    hat gefährdet
    gefährdete
    1.
    to endanger
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  • gefallen
    (ge verb)
    hat gefallen
    gefiel
    1.
    to like
    (roles are reversed "Etwas+Nom gefällt jemandem+Dat")
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  • gefrieren
    (ge verb)
    ist gefroren
    gefror
    1.
    to freeze
    (in sense of getting frozen. Less common than "einfrieren")
    Opposite (closest): tauen
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  • gehorchen
    (ge verb)
    hat gehorcht
    gehorchte
    1.
    to listen to orders, to obey
    (Sounds quite strict and "military-ish" - the main contexts are dogs, kids and soldiers.)
    Opposite (closest): widersetzen
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  • gehören (zu)
    (ge verb)
    hat gehört
    gehörte
    1.
    to belong to
    (The person to whom something belongs is in Dative. "gehören" can NOT be used without an object in the bare sense of "belonging". That would be "dazugehören".)
    2.
    to be part of
    ("gehören zu + Dative" - here, the focus is NOT on possession. )
    3.
    to (not) be good manners
    ("sich (nicht) gehören" - ONLY used in the third person with subjects like "es" or "das")
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  • gelangen
    (ge verb)
    ist gelangt
    gelangte
    1.
    to get to a place
    (ONLY in sense of getting to places or locations. Sounds a bit scripted.)
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  • gelingen
    (ge verb)
    ist gelungen
    gelang
    1.
    to turn out well, to be a success
    2.
    to succeed at something
    (etwas (es) gelingt mir)
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  • geloben
    (ge verb)
    hat gelobt
    gelobte
    1.
    to pledge, to make a vow
    (Sounds very formal and epic and it's not very common in daily life.)
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  • genehmigen
    (ge verb)
    hat genehmigt
    genehmigte
    1.
    to permit
    (Sounds VERY formal and it's not used at home or with friends. )
    2.
    to treat oneself to
    ("sich+Acc genehmigen" - not very common, but you can hear it in daily life here and there. )
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  • genießen
    (ge verb)
    hat genossen
    genoss
    1.
    to enjoy
    (NOT used as widely as in English and it sounds more distinguished. Learners often use it as "I enjoyed it" and it does NOT work for that. "Spaß machen" or "gefallen" are the idiomatic choices there.)
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  • genügen
    (ge verb)
    hat genügt
    genügte
    1.
    to be enough
    ("reichen" is generally more common. In context of self development, "genug sein" is the more idiomatic choice)
    2.
    to fulfill, to meet
    ("etwas+Dat genügen" - mostly used for criteria or requirements and expectations toward a person.)
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  • gerinnen
    (ge verb)
    ist geronnen
    gerann
    1.
    to congeal, to curdle, to clot
    (For blood, milk and other similar behavior. The core idea is "run/float together".)
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  • geschehen
    (ge verb)
    ist geschehen
    geschah
    1.
    to happen, to take place
    (The verb is out of date and sounds serious and old fashioned, but the nouns "das Geschehen" and "die Geschehnisse" are still used occasionally, particularly in writing. )
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  • gestalten
    (ge verb)
    hat gestaltet
    gestaltete
    1.
    to shape, to style, to design
    (It's used for a wide range of contexts, from fashion to life)
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  • gestatten
    (ge verb)
    hat gestattet
    gestattete
    1.
    to permit, to allow
    (Sounds rather formal. Also used as part of formal introductions of oneself - "Gestatten, Emanuel")
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  • gestehen
    (ge verb)
    hat gestanden
    gestand
    1.
    to confess
    (The original idea is that you "stand by" something you did.)
    Opposite (closest): leugnen
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  • gewähren
    (ge verb)
    hat gewährt
    gewährte
    1.
    to grant, to allow
    (A very formal sounding word. Used for all kinds of official things as well as in context of granting access. )
    Opposite (closest): verwehren
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  • gewinnen
    (ge verb)
    hat gewonnen
    gewann
    1.
    to win
    Opposite (closest): verlieren
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  • gewittern
    (ge verb)
    hat gewittert
    gewitterte
    1.
    to "thunderstorm"
    (Like "to rain", but for a thunderstorm. German has a verb for that.)
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  • sich gehaben
    (ge verb)
    hat gehabt
    gehabte
    1.
    to be
    (Pretty much ONLY used in the sense of "Be well." as a good bye phrase. Super rare, super ancient, but you can find it in books. If you want, you can use the phrase as a joke. )
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