From Randall Jones & Erwin Tschirner’s A Frequency Dictionary of German: Core Vocabulary for Learners.

DE infin EN infin
1 sein to be
haben to have
werden to become
können can, to be able to
müssen must, to have to
sagen to say
machen to do, make
geben to give
kommen to come
10 sollen should, ought to
wollen to want
gehen to go
wissen to know
sehen to see
lassen to let, allow, have done
stehen to stand
finden to find
bleiben to stay, remain
liegen to lie, be lying
20 heißen to be called
denken to think
nehmen to take
tun to do
dürfen may, to be allowed
glauben to believe
halten to stop, hold
nennen to name, to call (a name)
mögen to like
zeigen to show
30 führen to lead
sprechen to speak
bringen to bring, take
leben to live
fahren to drive, ride, go
meinen to think, have an opinion
fragen to ask
kennen to know
gelten to be valid
stellen to place, set
40 spielen to play
arbeiten to work
brauchen to need
folgen to follow
lernen to learn
bestehen to exist, insist, pass (an exam)
verstehen to understand
setzen to set, put, place
bekommen to get, receive
beginnen to begin
50 erzählen to narrate, tell
versuchen to try, attempt
schreiben to write
laufen to run
erklären to explain
entsprechen to correspond
sitzen to sit
ziehen to pull, move
scheinen to shine, seem, appear
fallen to fall
60 gehören to belong
entstehen to originate, develop
erhalten to receive
treffen to meet
suchen to search, look for
legen to lay, put
vor·stellen to introduce, imagine
handeln to deal, trade
erreichen to achieve, reach
tragen to carry, wear
70 schaffen to manage, create
lesen to read
verlieren to lose
dar·stellen to depict, portray
erkennen to recognize, admit
entwickeln to develop
reden to talk
aus·sehen to appear, look (a certain way)
erscheinen to appear
bilden to form, educate
80 an·fangen to begin
erwarten to expect
wohnen to live
betreffen to affect, concern
warten to wait
vergehen to elapse
helfen to help
gewinnen to win
schließen to close
fühlen to feel
90 bieten to offer
interessieren to interest
erinnern to remember
ergeben to result in
an·bieten to offer
studieren to study
verbinden to connect, link
an·sehen to look at, watch
fehlen to lack, be missing, be absent
bedeuten to mean
100 vergleichen to compare