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The Big Yellow Book of German Verbs (2024)

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How to learn German verbs easily? ›

Here are the three basic steps to regular German verb conjugation in the present and past tenses:
  1. Start with the verb's infinitive. This is the form listed in the dictionary. ...
  2. Drop the ending from the infinitive to find the stem. ...
  3. Add the verb ending for the appropriate subject and tense.

How many German verbs are there? ›

How many verbs are there in German? giving us around 50.5 thousand verbs in German. How many do native speakers know? , assuming an equal share of verbs that are around 5500 verbs.

What are the most important German irregular verbs? ›

Three of the most common irregular verbs in German are sein, werden, and haben. Sein means ''to be,'' werden means ''to become,'' and haben means ''to have.

How many types of verbs are there in German? ›

Like other languages, German has regular and irregular verbs, but we can also classify German verbs as being weak (schwach), strong (stark) or mixed (gemischt). Weak verbs (schwache Verben) are regular verbs: Weak verbs are conjugated by simply adding an ending to the stem, which remains the same for every form.

What is the easiest German word to say? ›

Words
  • Thank you – Danke (dan-kuh”)
  • You're welcome – Bitteschön (“bit-tuh-shun“)
  • Please, excuse me, or pardon – Bitte (“bit-tuh”)
  • Yes – Ja (“jah”)
  • No – Nein (“nine”)
  • Hello – Hallo (“hallo”)
  • Goodbye – Auf Wiedersehen (“Owf Veeder-sane”)
  • German – Deutsch (“doych”)

What are the ten most common German verbs? ›

Sample sentences with the 10 most common German verbs

The following are examples sentences of how to use the ten most common verbs: sein, haben, werden, können, sollen, tun, machen, gehen, sagen, geben.

Why do so many German words start with ver? ›

Ver- often describes some kind of extreme or excess of the root verb, although not in any systematic way: 'sprechen', for example means to 'speak', but 'versprechen', 'to promise' as in 'to give one's word' and 'fallen', meaning 'to fall' but 'verfallen', 'to decay' or 'to be ruined'.

What is a strong verb in German? ›

In the Germanic languages, a strong verb is a verb that marks its past tense by means of changes to the stem vowel. The majority of the remaining verbs form the past tense by means of a dental suffix, are known as weak verbs, and outnumber strong verbs.

What are the 4 German verb endings? ›

Conveniently, the conjugation patterns for regular German verbs in the present tense are the same nearly every time, and it's helpful to know that in German we only have four different verb endings: -e, -st, -t and -en. There are two basic steps to correctly conjugating regular verbs in the present tense.

What is the perfect verb form in German? ›

To form the perfect tense you need two verbs. The first is often haben - to have - and you're going to need the right part, such as ich habe - 'I have'. And the second is the past participle, such as gespielt. Ich habe gespielt.

What are the most common weak verbs in German? ›

German Weak Verbs Definition: A category of verbs with regular conjugation patterns and no stem vowel changes from their infinitive forms, unlike strong verbs. Examples of German Weak Verbs: 'lernen' (to learn), 'arbeiten' (to work), 'kaufen' (to buy), 'hören' (to listen), 'machen' (to do/make).

What are the most important tenses in German? ›

There are 6 basic tenses in German. The two 'simple' tenses are present and simple past. They use just one, conjugated verb. The four 'compound' tenses are present perfect, past perfect, future, and future perfect.

What is the rule for verbs in German? ›

Most regular German verb endings will be in either -en, -ern, or -eln. Verbs that end in -en lose both the e and the n and are replaced with the ending based on the subject. For example, reden (to talk) becomes rede before the verb ending is added. Verbs that end in either -ern or -eln will only drop the final n.

How to identify German verbs? ›

In German, the infinitive verbs are those with -en endings, while in English, they have "to" before them. For example, we have "to kick" (treten) and "to run" (laufen). So, in English, we conjugate "to run" in present tense third person singular as "he runs", while in German laufen becomes er läuft.

What is the correct spelling of apple in German? ›

Answer and Explanation:

The German word for "apple" is Apfel, which is pronounced /AHP-fehl/.

How can I learn verbs fast? ›

The 8 Top Tricks for Remembering Irregular English Verbs
  1. Group common irregular verbs together. ...
  2. Learn all new vocabulary with its tense forms. ...
  3. Memorize the 10 most common irregular verbs first. ...
  4. Turn memorizing into a game. ...
  5. Learn in sentences. ...
  6. Learn with songs. ...
  7. Leave lists where you can see them. ...
  8. Ask people to correct you.
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How can I memorize German vocabulary fast? ›

Hey German learner!
  1. Use repetition: reading, writing and speaking words over and over again.
  2. Associate words with drawings, pictures and funny scenes.
  3. Try to use the language routinely in the context of daily life.
  4. Reading as much as possible, especially the newspaper, helps you to remember words.
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