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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.

Audios will follow.

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Form	German	Phonetic Script	English
infinitive	stieben 1)	['ʃti:bən]	to rush/spray/fly
1. person singular	ich stob	[ɪç ʃto:p]	I rushed
2. person singular (familiar)	du stobst	[du: ʃto:pst]	you rushed
3. person singular	er/sie/es stob	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ʃto:p]	he/she/it rushed
1. person plural	wir stoben	[vi:ə 'ʃto:bən]	we rushed
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr stobt	[i:ə ʃto:pt]	you rushed
3. person plural	sie stoben	[zi: 'ʃto:bən]	they rushed
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie stoben	[zi: 'ʃto:bən]	you rushed
infinitive	stinken	['ʃtɪŋkən]	to stink
1. person singular	ich stank	[ɪç ʃtaŋk]	I stank
2. person singular (familiar)	du stankst	[du: ʃtaŋkst]	you stank
3. person singular	er/sie/es stank	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ʃtaŋk]	he/she/it stank
1. person plural	wir stanken	[vi:ə 'ʃtaŋkən]	we stank
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr stankt	[i:ə ʃtaŋkt]	you stank
3. person plural	sie stanken	[zi: 'ʃtaŋkən]	they stank
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie stanken	[zi: 'ʃtaŋkən]	you stank
infinitive	stoßen	['ʃto:sən]	to push/poke/bang/bump
1. person singular	ich stieß	[ɪç ʃti:s]	I pushed
2. person singular (familiar)	du stießest/stießt	[du: 'ʃti:səst/ʃti:st]	you pushed
3. person singular	er/sie/es stieß	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ʃti:s]	he/she/it pushed
1. person plural	wir stießen	[vi:ə 'ʃti:sən]	we pushed
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr stießt	[i:ə ʃti:st]	you pushed
3. person plural	sie stießen	[zi: 'ʃti:sən]	they pushed
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie stießen	[zi: 'ʃti:sən]	you pushed
infinitive	streichen	['ʃtraiçən]	to paint/cancel/butter bread
1. person singular	ich strich	[ɪç ʃtrɪç]	I painted
2. person singular (familiar)	du strichst	[du: ʃtrɪçst]	you painted
3. person singular	er/sie/es strich	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ʃtrɪç]	he/she/it painted
1. person plural	wir strichen	[vi:ə 'ʃtrɪçən]	we painted
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr stricht	[i:ə ʃtrɪçt]	you painted
3. person plural	sie strichen	[zi: 'ʃtrɪçən]	they painted
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie strichen	[zi: 'ʃtrɪçən]	you painted
infinitive	streiten	['ʃtraitən]	to argue/quarrel
1. person singular	ich stritt	[ɪç ʃtrɪt]	I argued
2. person singular (familiar)	du strittest	[du: 'ʃtrɪtəst]	you argued
3. person singular	er/sie/es stritt	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ʃtrɪt]	he/she/it argued
1. person plural	wir stritten	[vi:ə 'ʃtrɪtən]	we argued
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr strittet	[i:ə 'ʃtrɪtət]	you argued
3. person plural	sie stritten	[zi: 'ʃtrɪtən]	they argued
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie stritten	[zi: 'ʃtrɪtən]	you argued
infinitive	tragen	['tra:gən]	to carry
1. person singular	ich trug	[ɪç tru:k]	I carried
2. person singular (familiar)	du trugst	[du: tru:kst]	you carried
3. person singular	er/sie/es trug	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs tru:k]	he/she/it carried
1. person plural	wir trugen	[vi:ə 'tru:gən]	we carried
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr trugt	[i:ə tru:kt]	you carried
3. person plural	sie trugen	[zi: 'tru:gən]	they carried
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie trugen	[zi: 'tru:gən]	you carried
infinitive	treffen	['trɛfən]	to meet
1. person singular	ich traf	[ɪç tra:f]	I met
2. person singular (familiar)	du trafst	[du: tra:fst]	you met
3. person singular	er/sie/es traf	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs tra:f]	he/she/it met
1. person plural	wir trafen	[vi:ə 'tra:fən]	we met
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr traft	[i:ə tra:ft]	you met
3. person plural	sie trafen	[zi: 'tra:fən]	they met
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie trafen	[zi: 'tra:fən]	you met
infinitive	treiben	['traibən]	to drive/drift/float
1. person singular	ich trieb	[ɪç tri:p]	I drove
2. person singular (familiar)	du triebst	[du: tri:pst]	you drove
3. person singular	er/sie/es trieb	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs tri:p]	he/she/it drove
1. person plural	wir trieben	[vi:ə 'tri:bən]	we drove
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr triebt	[i:ə tri:pt]	you drove
3. person plural	sie trieben	[zi: 'tri:bən]	they drove
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie trieben	[zi: 'tri:bən]	you drove
infinitive	treten	['tre:tən]	to step/kick
1. person singular	ich trat	[ɪç tra:t]	I stepped
2. person singular (familiar)	du tratst	[du: tra:tst]	you stepped
3. person singular	er/sie/es trat	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs tra:t]	he/she/it stepped
1. person plural	wir traten	[vi:ə 'tra:tən]	we stepped
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr tratet	[i:ə 'tra:tət]	you stepped
3. person plural	sie traten	[zi: 'tra:tən]	they stepped
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie traten	[zi: 'tra:tən]	you stepped
infinitive	trinken	['trɪŋkən]	to drink
1. person singular	ich trank	[ɪç traŋk]	I drank
2. person singular (familiar)	du trankst	[du: traŋkst]	you drank
3. person singular	er/sie/es trank	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs traŋk]	he/she/it drank
1. person plural	wir tranken	[vi:ə 'traŋkən]	we drank
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr trankt	[i:ə traŋkt]	you drank
3. person plural	sie tranken	[zi: 'traŋkən]	they drank
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie tranken	[zi: 'traŋkən]	you drank

SUPPLEMENT
1) stieben can also have a regular conjugation while the meaning remains the same
infinitive	stieben	['ʃti:bən]	to rush/spray/fly
1. person singular	ich stiebte	[ɪç 'ʃti:ptə]	I rushed
2. person singular (familiar)	du stiebtest	[du: 'ʃti:ptəst]	you rushed
3. person singular	er/sie/es stiebte	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 'ʃti:ptə]	he/she/it rushed
1. person plural	wir stiebten	[vi:ə 'ʃti:ptən]	we rushed
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr stiebtet	[i:ə 'ʃti:ptət]	you rushed
3. person plural	sie stiebten	[zi: 'ʃti:ptən]	they rushed
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie stiebten	[zi: 'ʃti:ptən]	you rushed
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