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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	schmelzen	['ʃmɛltsən]	to melt
1. person singular	ich schmolz	[ɪç ʃmɔlts]	I melted
2. person singular (familiar)	du schmolzest/schmolzt	[du: 'ʃmɔltsəst/ʃmɔltst]	you melted
3. person singular	er/sie/es schmolz	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ʃmɔlts]	he/she/it melted
1. person plural	wir schmolzen	[vi:ə 'ʃmɔltsən]	we melted
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr schmolzt	[i:ə ʃmɔltst]	you melted
3. person plural	sie schmolzen	[zi: 'ʃmɔltsən]	they melted
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie schmolzen	[zi: 'ʃmɔltsən]	you melted
infinitive	schneiden	['ʃnaidən]	to cut
1. person singular	ich schnitt	[ɪç ʃnɪt]	I cut
2. person singular (familiar)	du schnittst	[du: ʃnɪtst]	you cut
3. person singular	er/sie/es schnitt	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ʃnɪt]	he/she/it cut
1. person plural	wir schnitten	[vi:ə 'ʃnɪtən]	we cut
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr schnittet	[i:ə 'ʃnɪtət]	you cut
3. person plural	sie schnitten	[zi: 'ʃnɪtən]	they cut
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie schnitten	[zi: 'ʃnɪtən]	you cut
infinitive	schrecken 1)	['ʃrɛkən]	to be startled out of sth
1. person singular	ich schrak	[ɪç ʃra:k]	I was startled
2. person singular (familiar)	du schrakst	[du: ʃra:kst]	you were startled
3. person singular	er/sie/es schrak	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ʃra:k]	he/she/it was startled
1. person plural	wir schraken	[vi:ə 'ʃra:kən]	we were startled
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr schrakt	[i:ə ʃra:kt]	you were startled
3. person plural	sie schraken	[zi: 'ʃra:kən]	they were startled
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie schraken	[zi: 'ʃra:kən]	you were startled
infinitive	schreiben	['ʃraibən]	to write
1. person singular	ich schrieb	[ɪç ʃri:p]	I wrote
2. person singular (familiar)	du schriebst	[du: ʃri:pst]	you wrote
3. person singular	er/sie/es schrieb	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ʃri:p]	he/she/it wrote
1. person plural	wir schrieben	[vi:ə 'ʃri:bən]	we wrote
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr schriebt	[i:ə ʃri:pt]	you wrote
3. person plural	sie schrieben	[zi: 'ʃri:bən]	they wrote
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie schrieben	[zi: 'ʃri:bən]	you wrote
infinitive	schreien	['ʃraiən]	to scream/shout
1. person singular	ich schrie	[ɪç ʃri:]	I screamed
2. person singular (familiar)	du schriest	[du: ʃri:st]	you screamed
3. person singular	er/sie/es schrie	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ʃri:]	he/she/it screamed
1. person plural	wir schrien	[vi:ə ʃri:n]	we screamed
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr schriet	[i:ə ʃri:t]	you screamed
3. person plural	sie schrien	[zi: ʃri:n]	they screamed
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie schrien	[zi: ʃri:n]	you screamed
infinitive	schreiten	['ʃraitən]	to stride
1. person singular	ich schritt	[ɪç ʃrɪt]	I strode
2. person singular (familiar)	du schrittest	[du: 'ʃrɪtəst]	you strode
3. person singular	er/sie/es schritt	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ʃrɪt]	he/she/it strode
1. person plural	wir schritten	[vi:ə 'ʃrɪtən]	we strode
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr schrittet	[i:ə 'ʃrɪtət]	you strode
3. person plural	sie schritten	[zi: 'ʃrɪtən]	they strode
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie schritten	[zi: 'ʃrɪtən]	you strode
infinitive	schweigen	['ʃvaigən]	to keep quiet
1. person singular	ich schwieg	[ɪç ʃvi:k]	I kept quiet
2. person singular (familiar)	du schwiegst	[du: ʃvi:kst]	you kept quiet
3. person singular	er/sie/es schwieg	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ʃvi:k]	he/she/it kept quiet
1. person plural	wir schwiegen	[vi:ə 'ʃvi:gən]	we kept quiet
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr schwiegt	[i:ə ʃvi:kt]	you kept quiet
3. person plural	sie schwiegen	[zi: 'ʃvi:gən]	they kept quiet
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie schwiegen	[zi: 'ʃvi:gən]	you kept quiet
infinitive	schwellen	['ʃvɛlən]	to swell
1. person singular	ich schwoll	[ɪç ʃvɔl]	I swelled
2. person singular (familiar)	du schwollst	[du: ʃvɔlst]	you swelled
3. person singular	er/sie/es schwoll	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ʃvɔl]	he/she/it swelled
1. person plural	wir schwollen	[vi:ə 'ʃvɔlən]	we swelled
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr schwollt	[i:ə ʃvɔlt]	you swelled
3. person plural	sie schwollen	[zi: 'ʃvɔlən]	they swelled
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie schwollen	[zi: 'ʃvɔlən]	you swelled
infinitive	schwimmen	['ʃvɪmən]	to swim
1. person singular	ich schwamm	[ɪç ʃvam]	I swam
2. person singular (familiar)	du schwammst	[du: ʃvamst]	you swam
3. person singular	er/sie/es schwamm	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ʃvam]	he/she/it swam
1. person plural	wir schwammen	[vi:ə 'ʃvamən]	we swam
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr schwammt	[i:ə ʃvamt]	you swam
3. person plural	sie schwammen	[zi: 'ʃvamən]	they swam
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie schwammen	[zi: 'ʃvamən]	you swam
infinitive	schwinden	['ʃvɪndən]	to dwindle
1. person singular	ich schwand	[ɪç ʃvant]	I dwindled
2. person singular (familiar)	du schwandst	[du: ʃvantst]	you dwindled
3. person singular	er/sie/es schwand	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ʃvant]	he/she/it dwindled
1. person plural	wir schwanden	[vi:ə ʃvandən]	we dwindled
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr schwandet	[i:ə 'ʃvandət]	you dwindled
3. person plural	sie schwand	[zi: 'ʃvandən]	they dwindled
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie schwanden	[zi: 'ʃvandən]	you dwindled

SUPPLEMENT
1) schrecken in the sense of something frightens or scares someone has a regular conjugation
infinitive	schrecken	['ʃrɛkən]	to frighten
1. person singular	ich schreckte	[ɪç 'ʃrɛktə]	I frightened
2. person singular (familiar)	du schrecktest	[du: 'ʃrɛkətst]	you frightened
3. person singular	er/sie/es schreckte	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 'ʃrɛktə]	he/she/it frightened
1. person plural	wir schreckten	[vi:ə 'ʃrɛktən]	we frightened
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr schrecktet	[i:ə 'ʃrɛktət]	you frightened
3. person plural	sie schreckten	[zi: 'ʃrɛktən]	they frightened
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie schreckten	[zi: 'ʃrɛktən]	you frightened
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