GRAMMAR Verbs-Irregular verbs Flashcards
Explanation:
The preterite and past participle forms of verbs are used to form various tenses in the German language.
To express events in the past in SPOKEN German, for example, by far the most frequent way is with the use of the perfect tense, which is made, like in English, with conjugating the present tense of the verb to have -“haben”, and the past participle of the main verb.
There are several types of German verbs and they form their preterite and past participle forms differently. More on that in the deck “Verbs/tenses”.
This deck contains almost all of the the so-called “strong verbs” and the “mixed verbs” in the German language, which are important because they have a vowel shift and/or irregular forms in the present, past or participle and one has to learn them and their forms by heart since there is no rule of making the preterite or the past participle form (unlike the “weak verbs”).
The verbs in this deck are listed as follows:
Backen (Infinitive)
Backt/bäckt (Present)
(Buk) (Preterite form)
Hat gebacken (Past participle)
The verbs and verb forms which are rarely or never used are put in brackets (buk).
To order, to instruct
Befehlen
Befielt
Befahl
Hat befohlen
To bake
Backen
Backt
(Buk)
Hat gebacken
To begin
Beginnen
Beginnt
Begann
Hat begonnen
To bite
Beißen
Beißt
Biss
Hat gebissen
To save, to rescue, to recover
Bergen
Birgt
Barg
Hat geborgen
To burst
Bersten
Birst
Barst
Hat geborsten
To bend
Biegen
Biegt
Bog
Hat / ist gebogen
To offer
Bieten
Bietet
Bot
Hat geboten
To bind, to tie
Binden
Bindet
Band
Hat gebunden
To ask, to request
Bitten
Bittet
Bat
Hat gebeten
To blow
Blasen
Bläst
Blies
Hat geblasen
To stay, to remain
Bleiben
Bleibt
Blieb
Ist geblieben
To bleach, to fade
Bleichen
Bleicht
(Blich)
Hat/ist gebleicht/geblichen
To fry, to roast
Braten
Brät
(Briet)
Hat gebraten
To break
Brechen
Bricht
Brach
Hat/ist gebrochen
To thresh
Dreschen
Drischt
Drosch
Hat gedroschen
To push through
Dringen
Dringt
Drang
Ist gedrungen
To recommend
Empfehlen
Empfiehlt
Empfahl
Hat empfohlen
To frighten, to be frightened
Erschrecken
Erschrickt
Erschrak
Hat/ist erschrocken
To consider
Erwägen
Erwägt
Erwog
Hat erwogen
To eat
Essen
Isst
Aß
Hat gegessen
To drive, to travel
Fahren
Fährt
Fuhr
Hat/ist gefahren
To fall
Fallen
Fällt
Fiel
Ist gefallen