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Verbs

Past Tense

Irregular Forms

The following list shows the forms of the irregular verbs (also called "strong verbs"). With these forms, at least the stem vocal changes.

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Form	German	Phonetic Script	English
infinitive	rufen	['ru:fən]	to call/shout
1. person singular	ich rief	[ɪç ri:f]	I called
2. person singular (familiar)	du riefst	[du: ri:fst]	you called
3. person singular	er/sie/es rief	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ri:f]	he/she/it called
1. person plural	wir riefen	[vi:ə 'ri:fən]	we called
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr rieft	[i:ə ri:ft]	you called
3. person plural	sie riefen	[zi: 'ri:fən]	they called
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie riefen	[zi: 'ri:fən]	you called
infinitive	saufen	['zaufən]	to booze
1. person singular	ich soff	[ɪç zɔf]	I boozed
2. person singular (familiar)	du soffst	[du: zɔfst]	you boozed
3. person singular	er/sie/es soff	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs zɔf]	he/she/it boozed
1. person plural	wir soffen	[vi:ə 'zɔfən]	we boozed
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr sofft	[i:ə zɔft]	you boozed
3. person plural	sie soffen	[zi: 'zɔfən]	they boozed
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie soffen	[zi: 'zɔfən]	you boozed
infinitive	saugen 1)	['zaugən]	to suck
1. person singular	ich sog	[ɪç zo:k]	I sucked
2. person singular (familiar)	du sogst	[du: zo:kst]	you sucked
3. person singular	er/sie/es sog	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs zo:k]	he/she/it sucked
1. person plural	wir sogen	[vi:ə 'zo:gən]	we sucked
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr sogt	[i:ə zo:kt]	you sucked
3. person plural	sie sogen	[zi: 'zo:gən]	they sucked
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie sogen	[zi: 'zo:gən]	you sucked
infinitive	(er)schaffen 2)	[(ɛɐ)'ʃafən]	to create
1. person singular	ich (er)schuf	[ɪç (ɛɐ)'ʃu:f]	I created
2. person singular (familiar)	du (er)schufst	[du: (ɛɐ)'ʃu:fst]	you created
3. person singular	er/sie/es (er)schuf	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs (ɛɐ)'ʃu:f]	he/she/it created
1. person plural	wir (er)schufen	[vi:ə (ɛɐ)'ʃu:fən]	we created
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr (er)schuft	[i:ə (ɛɐ)'ʃu:ft]	you created
3. person plural	sie (er)schufen	[zi: (ɛɐ)'ʃu:fən]	they created
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie (er)schufen	[zi: (ɛɐ)'ʃu:fən]	you created
infinitive	scheiden	['ʃaidən]	to divorce/separate
1. person singular	ich schied	[ɪç ʃi:t]	I divorced
2. person singular (familiar)	du schiedst	[du: ʃi:tst]	you divorced
3. person singular	er/sie/es schied	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ʃi:t]	he/she/it divorced
1. person plural	wir schieden	[vi:ə 'ʃi:dən]	we divorced
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr schiedet	[i:ə 'ʃi:dət]	you divorced
3. person plural	sie schieden	[zi: 'ʃi:dən]	they divorced
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie schieden	[zi: 'ʃi:dən]	you divorced
infinitive	scheinen	['ʃainən]	to appear/shine
1. person singular	ich schien	[ɪç ʃi:n]	I appeared
2. person singular (familiar)	du schienst	[du: ʃi:nst]	you appeared
3. person singular	er/sie/es schien	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ʃi:n]	he/she/it appeared
1. person plural	wir schienen	[vi:ə 'ʃi:nən]	we appeared
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr schient	[i:ə ʃi:nt]	you appeared
3. person plural	sie schienen	[zi: 'ʃi:nən]	they appeared
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie schienen	[zi: 'ʃi:nən]	you appeared
infinitive	scheißen	['ʃaisən]	to shit
1. person singular	ich schiss	[ɪç ʃɪs]	I shitted
2. person singular (familiar)	du schissest/schisst	[du: 'ʃɪsəst/ʃɪst]	you shitted
3. person singular	er/sie/es schiss	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ʃɪs]	he/she/it shitted
1. person plural	wir schissen	[vi:ə 'ʃɪsən]	we shitted
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr schisst	[i:ə ʃɪst]	you shitted
3. person plural	sie schissen	[zi: 'ʃɪsən]	they shitted
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie schissen	[zi: 'ʃɪsən]	you shitted
infinitive	schelten	['ʃɛltən]	to scold
1. person singular	ich schalt	[ɪç ʃalt]	I scolded
2. person singular (familiar)	du schaltst	[du: ʃaltst]	you scolded
3. person singular	er/sie/es schalt	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ʃalt]	he/she/it scolded
1. person plural	wir schalten	[vi:ə 'ʃaltən]	we scolded
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr schaltet	[i:ə 'ʃaltət]	you scolded
3. person plural	sie schalten	[zi: 'ʃaltən]	they scolded
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie schalten	[zi: 'ʃaltən]	you scolded
infinitive	scheren 3)	['ʃe:rən]	to shear/shorten
1. person singular	ich schor	[ɪç ʃo:ɐ]	I sheared
2. person singular (familiar)	du schorst	[du: ʃo:ɐst]	you sheared
3. person singular	er/sie/es schor	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ʃo:ɐ]	he/she/it sheared
1. person plural	wir schoren	[vi:ə 'ʃo:rən]	we sheared
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr schort	[i:ə ʃo:ɐt]	you sheared
3. person plural	sie schoren	[zi: 'ʃo:rən]	they sheared
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie schoren	[zi: 'ʃo:rən]	you sheared
infinitive	schieben	['ʃi:bən]	to push
1. person singular	ich schob	[ɪç ʃo:p]	I pushed
2. person singular (familiar)	du schobst	[du: ʃo:pst]	you pushed
3. person singular	er/sie/es schob	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ʃo:p]	he/she/it pushed
1. person plural	wir schoben	[vi:ə 'ʃo:bən]	we pushed
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr schobt	[i:ə ʃo:pt]	you pushed
3. person plural	sie schoben	[zi: 'ʃo:bən]	they pushed
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie schoben	[zi: 'ʃo:bən]	you pushed

SUPPLEMENT
1) saugen in the sense of to hoover has a regular conjugation
infinitive	saugen	['zaugən]	to hoover
1. person singular	ich saugte	[ɪç' zauktə]	I hoovered
2. person singular (familiar)	du saugtest	[du: 'zauktəst]	you hoovered
3. person singular	er/sie/es saugte	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 'zauktə]	he/she/it hoovered
1. person plural	wir saugten	[vi:ə 'zauktən]	we hoovered
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr saugtet	[i:ə 'zauktət]	you hoovered
3. person plural	sie saugten	[zi: 'zauktən]	they hoovered
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie saugten	[zi: 'zauktən]	you hoovered
2) schaffen in the sense of to manage something has a regular conjugation
infinitive	schaffen	['ʃafən]	to manage
1. person singular	ich schaffte	[ɪç 'ʃaftə]	I managed
2. person singular (familiar)	du schafftest	[du: 'ʃaftəst]	you managed
3. person singular	er/sie/es schaffte	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 'ʃaftə]	he/she/it managed
1. person plural	wir schafften	[vi:ə 'ʃaftən]	we managed
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr schafftet	[i:ə 'ʃaftət]	you managed
3. person plural	sie schafften	[zi: 'ʃaftən]	they managed
polite form	Sie schafften	[zi: 'ʃaftən]	you managed
3) scheren in the sense of to bother about sth/to get out of sth has a regular conjugation
infinitive	scheren	['ʃe:rən]	to bother about
1. person singular	ich scherte	[ɪç 'ʃe:ɐtə]	I bothered about
2. person singular (familiar)	du schertest	[du: 'ʃe:ɐtəst]	you bothered about
3. person singular	er/sie/es scherte	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 'ʃe:ɐtə]	he/she/it bothered about
1. person plural	wir scherten	[vi:ə 'ʃe:ɐtən]	we bothered about
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr schertet	[i:ə 'ʃe:ɐtət]	you bothered about
3. person plural	sie scherten	[zi: 'ʃe:ɐtən]	they bothered about
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie scherten	[zi: 'ʃe:ɐtən]	you bothered about
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