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Study Resource: List of German reporting verbs

By: Babsi Cabrera
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These activities are part of our Grammar series. The skills we are practicing here are covered in our article:

The following are reporting verbs, used to introduce quotes or indirect speech in German.

Reporting Verb
Translation
sagen

to say

berichten

to report

meinen

to mean

behaupten

to claim

zugeben

to admit

erklären

to explain

fragen

to ask

argumentieren

to argue

versprechen

to promise

aufzeigen

to illustrate

hervorheben

to highlight

angeben

to indicate

verkünden

to announce

melden

to report

anbieten

to offer

raten

to advise

schreiben

to write

erwähnen

to mention

vorschlagen

to suggest

glauben

to believe

hoffen

to hope

versichern

to ensure

verneinen

to deny

warnen

to warn

rufen

to yell

antworten

to answer

kritisieren

to criticize

vermuten

to assume

bestätigen

to confirm

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