Irregular Simple Past Tense Verb Study Flashcards
backen
backte
to bake
beginnen
to begin
begann
to begin
beißen
to bite
biss
to bite
bekommen
to get, receive
bekam
to get, receive
beschreiben
to describe
beschieb
to describe
besitzen
to own, possess
besaß
to own, possess
bestehen
to pass; to exist
bestand
to pass; to exit
besteigen
to climb
bestieg
to climb
betreffen
to affect
betraf
to affect
bieten
to offer
bot
to offer
binden
to tie, bind
band
to tie,bind
bitten
to ask
bat
to ask
bleiben
to stay
blieb
to stay
braten
to roast, fry
briet
to roast, fry
brechen
to break
brach
to break
brennen
to burn
brannte
to burn
bringen
to bring
brachte
to bring
denken
to think
dachte
to think
dürfen
to be allowed to
durfte
to be allowed to
empfehlen
to recommend
empfahl
to recommend
entscheiden
to decide
entschied
to decide
entsprechen
to correspond
entsprach
to correspond
entstehen
to arise
entstand
to arise
erfinden
to invent
erfand
to invent
erhalten
to receive
erhielt
to receive
erkennen
to recognize
erkannte
to recognize
erscheinen
to appear
erschien
to appear
essen
to eat
aß
to eat
fahren
to go, drive
fuhr
to go, drive
fallen
to fall
fiel
to fall
fangen
to catch
fing
to catch
finden
to find
fand
to find
fliegen
to fly
flog
to fly
fliehen
to flee
floh
to flee
fließen
to flow
floss
to flow
think of a river
fressen
to eat
fraß
to eat
animals
gebären
to bear
gebar
to bear
geben
to give
gab
to give
gefallen
to be pleased by, to be pleasing to
gefiel
to please, be pleasing to
gehen
to go
ging
to go, walk
gelingen
to be successful
gelang
to be successful
gelten
to be valid
galt
to be valid
geschehen
to happen
geschah
to happen
gewinnen
to win
gewann
to win
gießen
to water
goss
to water
greifen
to grasp, grab
griff
to grasp, grab
haben
to have
hatte
to have
halten
to hold
hielt
to hold, stop
hängen
to hang, be suspended
hing
to hang, be suspended
heben
to lift
hob
to lift
heißen
to be called
hieß
to be called
helfen
help
half
to help
kennen
to know, be acquainted with
kannte
to know
klingen
to sound
klang
to sound
kommen
to come
kam
to come
können
to be able to
konnte
to be able to
laden
to load
lud
to load
lassen
to let, leave
ließ
to let, leave
laufen
to run
lief
to run
leiden
to suffer
litt
to suffer
leihen
to lend, borrow
lieh
to lend, borrow
lesen
to read
las
to read
liegen
to lie (position)
lag
to lie (horizontally)
mögen
to like
mochte
to like
müssen
to have to
musste
to have to
nehmen
to take
nahm
to take
nennen
to name
nannte
to name
raten
to advise
riet
to advise
reiten
to ride
ritt
to ride
rennen
to run
rannte
to save
riechen
to smell
roch
to smell
rufen
to call
rief
to call
scheiden
to seperate
schied
to separate
scheinen
to shine; to seem
schien
to shine: to seem
schießen
to shoot
schoss
to shoot
schlafen
to sleep
schlief
to sleep
schlagen
to strike, beat
schlug
to beat, strike
schließen
to shut, close
schloss
to close
schneiden
to cut
schnitt
to cut
schreiben
to write
schrieb
to write
schweigen
to be silent
schwieg
to be silent
schwimmen
to swim
schwamm
to swim
sehen
to see
sah
to see
sein
to be
war
to be
senden
to send
sandte
to send
singen
to sing
sang
to sing
sinken
to sink
sank
to sink
sitzen
to sit
saß
to sit
sprechen
to speak
sprach
to speak
springen
to jump
sprang
to spring, jump
stehen
to stand
stand
to stand
steigen
to climb
stieg
to climb
sterben
to die
starb
to die
stoßen
to shove, push
stieß
to shove, push
streiten
to quarrel, fight
stritt
to quarrel, fight
tragen
to wear; to carry
trug
to wear, carry
treffen
traf
to meet, hit
treiben
to do (sports)
trieb
to do (sports)
treten
to step; to kick
trat
to step; to kick
trinken
to drink
trank
to drink
tun
to do
tat
to do
verbrennen
to burn; to incinerate
verbrannte
to burn; to incinerate
verbringen
to spend time
verbrachte
to spend (time)
vergessen
to forget
vergaß
to forget
vergleichen
to compare
verglich
to compare
verhalten
to restrain
verhielt
to restrain
verlassen
to leave (a place)
verließ
to leave (a place)
verlieren
to lose
verlor
to lose
verschwinden
to disappear
verschwand
to disappear
versprechen
to promise
versprach
to promise
verstehen
to understand
verstand
to understand
vertreten
to represent
vertrat
to represent
wachsen
to grow
wuchs
to grow
waschen
to wash
wusch
to wash
werden
to become
wurde
to become
werfen
to throw
warf
to throw
wissen
to know
wusste
to know
ziehen
to pull; to move
zog
to pull; to move
