Conjugate German sein: bin, bist, ist, sind and seid
Learn the present tense of sein through short German sentences about identity, location and state, then test the forms with three explained questions.
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Learn the present tense of sein through short German sentences about identity, location and state, then test the forms with three explained questions.
Read and practisePractise the present tense of haben for possessions, time, hunger and appointments. Learn hast and hat, then use the forms in short German sentences.
Read and practiseLearn the present forms of werden and compare becoming with future constructions. Practise wird, wirst and a final infinitive in clear examples.
Read and practiseCompare learning news with experiencing events: erfahren and erleben, their past forms, translated examples and practice.
Read and practiseWin a prize, earn a salary or deserve a break: compare gewinnen and verdienen through money, success and everyday collocations.
Read and practiseLearn where zahlen and bezahlen overlap, how amounts and people fit the sentence, and how to ask to pay in a café.
Read and practiseCompare benutzen and verwenden for tools, materials and purposes, including their overlap and the special meaning of using a person.
Read and practiseChange an appointment, a text or your habits: compare ändern and verändern, their overlap, reflexive forms and useful sentence patterns.
Read and practiseNotice, memorise, remember or remind: learn merken and erinnern with the pronouns and prepositions that change their meaning.
Read and practiseBorrow or lend? Follow the people in leihen, ausleihen and borgen, practise separable forms and make the direction clear.
Read and practiseChange a job, exchange money or swap seats: use wechseln and tauschen with clear objects, partners and replacement patterns.
Read and practiseSwitch on a light or a device with anmachen and einschalten, then recognise why the same verbs change meaning with other objects.
Read and practiseChoose geschafft for managing a task and geschaffen for creating something, then understand ich bin geschafft and their shared present tense.
Read and practiseThe sun shines, but a plan seems useful: learn the two everyday meanings of scheinen, its zu infinitive and irregular past forms.
Read and practiseSay I miss you with two different sentence patterns: compare fehlen and vermissen, who becomes the subject, and the cases you need.
Read and practiseChoose German position and placement verbs with translated examples, case contrasts and four exercises.
Read and practiseGehen often describes going on foot, but also appears in fixed expressions and descriptions of activities.
Read and practiseKommen describes arrival, movement toward a reference point and someone's origin with aus.
Read and practiseBoth verbs can describe doing, but many everyday expressions select one particular verb.
Read and practiseWissen commonly introduces factual knowledge or a clause; kennen means being familiar with a person, place or thing.
Read and practiseLernen covers acquiring skills, memorizing and preparing for tests; studieren commonly describes university study.
Read and practiseLearn when sprechen and reden overlap, how to say you speak German, and which cases follow mit and über. Includes translated examples and five exercises.
Read and practiseSehen often describes visual perception; schauen commonly describes directing your gaze or watching something.
Read and practiseNehmen means taking or choosing something; bringen describes moving something or someone to a destination or recipient.
Read and practiseCompare holen, bringen, abholen and mitbringen with translated examples. Learn fetch versus deliver, separable prefixes and past forms in five exercises.
Read and practiseUse fahren for travel by many vehicles and gehen for walking, while remembering that some gehen phrases describe an activity more generally.
Read and practiseBleiben describes staying somewhere or continuing in a state, even though its Perfekt uses sein.
Read and practiseLassen can mean leaving something in place, allowing an action or arranging for somebody to perform it.
Read and practiseGeben commonly connects a giver, a recipient and the thing given, with different cases for the last two roles.
Read and practiseHelfen requires a dative person or group, even if your own language treats the person helped as a direct object.
Read and practiseWith gefallen, the thing that appeals is the grammatical subject and the person experiencing the feeling is dative.
Read and practiseThe missing person or thing is the subject of fehlen; the person affected may appear in the dative.
Read and practiseBoth verbs can express liking, but their subjects and objects are arranged differently.
Read and practiseTragen describes wearing clothing or carrying a load, and also appears in abstract combinations such as Verantwortung tragen.
Read and practiseTreffen can take a direct accusative person; sich treffen describes people meeting, often with a time and place.
Read and practiseDenken describes thinking, while glauben can express an assumption, a belief or trust in someone's statement.
Read and practiseBekommen usually means receiving or getting something; it does not express becoming a different person or state.
Read and practiseSuchen describes looking for something, whereas finden can describe successful discovery or express an opinion.
Read and practiseChoose versuchen, probieren or ausprobieren for attempts, tasting and testing. See where meanings overlap, with translated examples and five exercises.
Read and practiseBrauchen normally takes an accusative thing that is needed; with negation and zu plus infinitive, it can mean not having to.
Read and practiseWarten combines with auf and an accusative complement when you name what you are waiting for.
Read and practiselook forward to a plan or feel pleased about something. Compare both patterns and practise their prepositions and reflexive forms.
Read and practiseUse sich interessieren für to describe a person's interest, or let the interesting thing become the subject of interessieren.
Read and practiseUse arbeiten (to work) with present-tense forms, arbeitete, hat gearbeitet, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse antworten (to answer) with present-tense forms, antwortete, hat geantwortet, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse fragen (to ask) with present-tense forms, fragte, hat gefragt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse wohnen (to live; reside) with present-tense forms, wohnte, hat gewohnt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse leben (to live; be alive) with present-tense forms, lebte, hat gelebt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse spielen (to play) with present-tense forms, spielte, hat gespielt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse hören (to hear; listen to) with present-tense forms, hörte, hat gehört, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse lesen (to read) with present-tense forms, las, hat gelesen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse schreiben (to write) with present-tense forms, schrieb, hat geschrieben, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse essen (to eat) with present-tense forms, aß, hat gegessen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse trinken (to drink) with present-tense forms, trank, hat getrunken, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse schlafen (to sleep) with present-tense forms, schlief, hat geschlafen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse kaufen (to buy) with present-tense forms, kaufte, hat gekauft, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse verkaufen (to sell) with present-tense forms, verkaufte, hat verkauft, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse bestellen (to order) with present-tense forms, bestellte, hat bestellt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse kochen (to cook; boil) with present-tense forms, kochte, hat gekocht, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse backen (to bake) with present-tense forms, backte, hat gebacken, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse putzen (to clean) with present-tense forms, putzte, hat geputzt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse waschen (to wash) with present-tense forms, wusch, hat gewaschen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse aufräumen (to tidy up) with present-tense forms, räumte auf, hat aufgeräumt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse öffnen (to open) with present-tense forms, öffnete, hat geöffnet, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse schließen (to close) with present-tense forms, schloss, hat geschlossen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse reparieren (to repair) with present-tense forms, reparierte, hat repariert, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse mieten (to rent as the tenant) with present-tense forms, mietete, hat gemietet, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse vermieten (to rent out) with present-tense forms, vermietete, hat vermietet, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse umziehen (to move home) with present-tense forms, zog um, ist umgezogen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse einziehen (to move in) with present-tense forms, zog ein, ist eingezogen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse ausziehen (to move out) with present-tense forms, zog aus, ist ausgezogen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse einsteigen (to get in; board) with present-tense forms, stieg ein, ist eingestiegen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse aussteigen (to get out; get off) with present-tense forms, stieg aus, ist ausgestiegen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse umsteigen (to change vehicles) with present-tense forms, stieg um, ist umgestiegen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse abfahren (to depart) with present-tense forms, fuhr ab, ist abgefahren, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse ankommen (to arrive) with present-tense forms, kam an, ist angekommen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse abholen (to collect; pick up) with present-tense forms, holte ab, hat abgeholt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse mitbringen (to bring along) with present-tense forms, brachte mit, hat mitgebracht, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse schicken (to send) with present-tense forms, schickte, hat geschickt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse empfangen (to receive; welcome) with present-tense forms, empfing, hat empfangen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse erhalten (to receive; preserve) with present-tense forms, erhielt, hat erhalten, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse verlieren (to lose) with present-tense forms, verlor, hat verloren, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse vergessen (to forget) with present-tense forms, vergaß, hat vergessen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse behalten (to keep; retain) with present-tense forms, behielt, hat behalten, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse entscheiden (to decide) with present-tense forms, entschied, hat entschieden, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse erklären (to explain) with present-tense forms, erklärte, hat erklärt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse erzählen (to tell; recount) with present-tense forms, erzählte, hat erzählt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse beschreiben (to describe) with present-tense forms, beschrieb, hat beschrieben, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse berichten (to report) with present-tense forms, berichtete, hat berichtet, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse beraten (to advise) with present-tense forms, beriet, hat beraten, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse besprechen (to discuss) with present-tense forms, besprach, hat besprochen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse vereinbaren (to agree; arrange) with present-tense forms, vereinbarte, hat vereinbart, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse absagen (to cancel; decline) with present-tense forms, sagte ab, hat abgesagt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse verschieben (to postpone; move) with present-tense forms, verschob, hat verschoben, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse bestätigen (to confirm) with present-tense forms, bestätigte, hat bestätigt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse prüfen (to check; examine) with present-tense forms, prüfte, hat geprüft, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse kontrollieren (to check; inspect) with present-tense forms, kontrollierte, hat kontrolliert, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse unterschreiben (to sign) with present-tense forms, unterschrieb, hat unterschrieben, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse ausfüllen (to fill in; fill out) with present-tense forms, füllte aus, hat ausgefüllt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse anmelden (to register; enroll) with present-tense forms, meldete an, hat angemeldet, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse abmelden (to deregister; sign out) with present-tense forms, meldete ab, hat abgemeldet, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse beantragen (to apply for; request formally) with present-tense forms, beantragte, hat beantragt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse überlegen (to consider; think over) with present-tense forms, überlegte, hat überlegt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse verstehen (to understand) with present-tense forms, verstand, hat verstanden, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse erkennen (to recognize; identify) with present-tense forms, erkannte, hat erkannt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse entdecken (to discover; spot) with present-tense forms, entdeckte, hat entdeckt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse beobachten (to observe; watch) with present-tense forms, beobachtete, hat beobachtet, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse zuhören (to listen attentively) with present-tense forms, hörte zu, hat zugehört, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse vorlesen (to read aloud) with present-tense forms, las vor, hat vorgelesen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse aufschreiben (to write down) with present-tense forms, schrieb auf, hat aufgeschrieben, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse wiederholen (to repeat) with present-tense forms, wiederholte, hat wiederholt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse üben (to practise) with present-tense forms, übte, hat geübt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse übersetzen (to translate) with present-tense forms, übersetzte, hat übersetzt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse aussprechen (to pronounce; express) with present-tense forms, sprach aus, hat ausgesprochen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse buchstabieren (to spell out) with present-tense forms, buchstabierte, hat buchstabiert, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse rechnen (to calculate; expect) with present-tense forms, rechnete, hat gerechnet, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse zählen (to count; matter) with present-tense forms, zählte, hat gezählt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse zeichnen (to draw) with present-tense forms, zeichnete, hat gezeichnet, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse malen (to paint; draw with color) with present-tense forms, malte, hat gemalt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse basteln (to make crafts; tinker) with present-tense forms, bastelte, hat gebastelt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse bauen (to build) with present-tense forms, baute, hat gebaut, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse pflanzen (to plant) with present-tense forms, pflanzte, hat gepflanzt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse gießen (to pour; water plants) with present-tense forms, goss, hat gegossen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse ernten (to harvest) with present-tense forms, erntete, hat geerntet, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse füttern (to feed) with present-tense forms, fütterte, hat gefüttert, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse pflegen (to care for; maintain) with present-tense forms, pflegte, hat gepflegt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse schützen (to protect) with present-tense forms, schützte, hat geschützt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse retten (to rescue; save) with present-tense forms, rettete, hat gerettet, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse verletzen (to injure; damage; violate) with present-tense forms, verletzte, hat verletzt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse fördern (to support; promote) with present-tense forms, förderte, hat gefördert, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse leiden (to suffer) with present-tense forms, litt, hat gelitten, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse husten (to cough) with present-tense forms, hustete, hat gehustet, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse niesen (to sneeze) with present-tense forms, nieste, hat geniest, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse atmen (to breathe) with present-tense forms, atmete, hat geatmet, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse riechen (to smell) with present-tense forms, roch, hat gerochen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse schmecken (to taste; be pleasing in taste) with present-tense forms, schmeckte, hat geschmeckt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse fühlen (to feel) with present-tense forms, fühlte, hat gefühlt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse berühren (to touch) with present-tense forms, berührte, hat berührt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse heben (to lift; raise) with present-tense forms, hob, hat gehoben, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse senken (to lower) with present-tense forms, senkte, hat gesenkt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse ziehen (to pull; move) with present-tense forms, zog, hat gezogen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse drücken (to press; push) with present-tense forms, drückte, hat gedrückt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse werfen (to throw) with present-tense forms, warf, hat geworfen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse fangen (to catch) with present-tense forms, fing, hat gefangen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse laufen (to run; walk; operate) with present-tense forms, lief, ist gelaufen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse rennen (to run fast) with present-tense forms, rannte, ist gerannt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse springen (to jump) with present-tense forms, sprang, ist gesprungen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse klettern (to climb) with present-tense forms, kletterte, ist geklettert, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse schwimmen (to swim) with present-tense forms, schwamm, ist geschwommen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse tanzen (to dance) with present-tense forms, tanzte, hat getanzt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse reisen (to travel) with present-tense forms, reiste, ist gereist, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse wandern (to hike; move gradually) with present-tense forms, wanderte, ist gewandert, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse fliegen (to fly) with present-tense forms, flog, ist geflogen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse landen (to land) with present-tense forms, landete, ist gelandet, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse starten (to start; launch) with present-tense forms, startete, hat gestartet, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse stoppen (to stop) with present-tense forms, stoppte, hat gestoppt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse bremsen (to brake; slow down) with present-tense forms, bremste, hat gebremst, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse tanken (to refuel) with present-tense forms, tankte, hat getankt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse parken (to park) with present-tense forms, parkte, hat geparkt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse führen (to lead; guide) with present-tense forms, führte, hat geführt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse folgen (to follow) with present-tense forms, folgte, ist gefolgt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse begegnen (to encounter; meet by chance) with present-tense forms, begegnete, ist begegnet, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse zustimmen (to agree) with present-tense forms, stimmte zu, hat zugestimmt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse widersprechen (to contradict; disagree) with present-tense forms, widersprach, hat widersprochen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse danken (to thank) with present-tense forms, dankte, hat gedankt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse gratulieren (to congratulate) with present-tense forms, gratulierte, hat gratuliert, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse vertrauen (to trust) with present-tense forms, vertraute, hat vertraut, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse gehören (to belong) with present-tense forms, gehörte, hat gehört, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse passen (to fit; suit) with present-tense forms, passte, hat gepasst, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse erlauben (to allow) with present-tense forms, erlaubte, hat erlaubt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse verbieten (to forbid) with present-tense forms, verbot, hat verboten, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse empfehlen (to recommend) with present-tense forms, empfahl, hat empfohlen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse vorschlagen (to suggest) with present-tense forms, schlug vor, hat vorgeschlagen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse anbieten (to offer) with present-tense forms, bot an, hat angeboten, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse versprechen (to promise) with present-tense forms, versprach, hat versprochen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse ablehnen (to decline; reject) with present-tense forms, lehnte ab, hat abgelehnt, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse annehmen (to accept; assume) with present-tense forms, nahm an, hat angenommen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse unternehmen (to undertake; do an activity) with present-tense forms, unternahm, hat unternommen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse teilnehmen (to participate) with present-tense forms, nahm teil, hat teilgenommen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse vergleichen (to compare) with present-tense forms, verglich, hat verglichen, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse erreichen (to reach; achieve) with present-tense forms, erreichte, hat erreicht, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse vermeiden (to avoid) with present-tense forms, vermied, hat vermieden, sentence patterns and six examples.
Read and practiseUse vorbereiten (to prepare) with present-tense forms, bereitete vor, hat vorbereitet, sentence patterns and six examples.
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