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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	trügen	['try:gən]	to deceive/be deceptive
1. person singular	ich trog	[ɪç tro:k]	I deceived
2. person singular (familiar)	du trogst	[du: tro:kst]	you deceived
3. person singular	er/sie/es trog	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs tro:k]	he/she/it deceived
1. person plural	wir trogen	[vi:ə 'tro:gən]	we deceived
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr trogt	[i:ə tro:kt]	you deceived
3. person plural	sie trogen	[zi: 'tro:gən]	they deceived
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie trogen	[zi: 'tro:gən]	you deceived
infinitive	tun	[tu:n]	to do
1. person singular	ich tat	[ɪç ta:t]	I did
2. person singular (familiar)	du tatst	[du: ta:tst]	you did
3. person singular	er/sie/es tat	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ta:t]	he/she/it did
1. person plural	wir taten	[vi:ə 'ta:tən]	we did
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr tatet	[i:ə 'ta:tət]	you did
3. person plural	sie taten	[zi: 'ta:tən]	they did
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie taten	[zi: 'ta:tən]	you did
infinitive	verderben	[fɛɐ'dɛrbən]	to spoil
1. person singular	ich verdarb	[ɪç fɛɐ'darp]	I spoilt
2. person singular (familiar)	du verdarbst	[du: fɛɐ'darpst]	you spoilt
3. person singular	er/sie/es verdarb	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs fɛɐ'darp]	he/she/it spoilt
1. person plural	wir verdarben	[vi:ə fɛɐ'darbən]	we spoilt
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr verdarbt	[i:ə fɛɐ'darpt]	you spoilt
3. person plural	sie verdarben	[zi: fɛɐ'darbən]	they spoilt
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie verdarben	[zi: fɛɐ'darbən]	you spoilt
infinitive	verdrießen	[fɛɐ'dri:sən]	to annoy
1. person singular	ich verdross	[ɪç fɛɐ'drɔs]	I annoyed
2. person singular (familiar)	du verdrossest/verdrosst	[du: fɛɐ'drɔsəst/fɛɐ'drɔst]	you annoyed
3. person singular	er/sie/es verdross	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs fɛɐ'drɔs]	he/she/it annoyed
1. person plural	wir verdrossen	[vi:ə fɛɐ'drɔsən]	we annoyed
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr verdrosst	[i:ə fɛɐ'drɔst]	you annoyed
3. person plural	sie verdrossen	[zi: fɛɐ'drɔsən]	they annoyed
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie verdrossen	[zi: fɛɐ'drɔsən]	you annoyed
infinitive	vergessen	[fɛɐ'gɛsən]	to forget
1. person singular	ich vergaß	[ɪç fɛɐ'ga:s]	I forgot
2. person singular (familiar)	du vergaßest/vergaßt	[du: fɛɐ'ga:səst/fɛɐ'ga:st]	you forgot
3. person singular	er/sie/es vergaß	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs fɛɐ'ga:s]	he/she/it forgot
1. person plural	wir vergaßen	[vi:ə fɛɐ'ga:sən]	we forgot
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr vergaßt	[i:ə fɛɐ'ga:st]	you forgot
3. person plural	sie vergaßen	[zi: fɛɐ'ga:sən]	they forgot
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie vergaßen	[zi: fɛɐ'ga:sən]	you forgot
infinitive	verlieren	[fɛɐ'li:rən]	to lose
1. person singular	ich verlor	[ɪç fɛɐ'lo:ɐ]	I lost
2. person singular (familiar)	du verlorst	[du: fɛɐ'lo:ɐst]	you lost
3. person singular	er/sie/es verlor	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs fɛɐ'lo:ɐ]	he/she/it lost
1. person plural	wir verloren	[vi:ə fɛɐ'lo:rən]	we lost
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr verlort	[i:ə fɛɐ'lo:ɐt]	you lost
3. person plural	sie verloren	[zi: fɛɐ'lo:rən]	they lost
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie verloren	[zi: fɛɐ'lo:rən]	you lost
infinitive	verzeihen	[fɛɐ'tsaiən]	to forgive/excuse
1. person singular	ich verzieh	[ɪç fɛɐ'tsi:]	I forgave
2. person singular (familiar)	du verziehst	[du: fɛɐ'tsi:st]	you forgave
3. person singular	er/sie/es verzieh	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs fɛɐ'tsi:]	he/she/it forgave
1. person plural	wir verziehen	[vi:ə fɛɐ'tsi:ən]	we forgave
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr verzieht	[i:ə fɛɐ'tsi:t]	you forgave
3. person plural	sie verziehen	[zi: fɛɐ'tsi:ən]	they forgave
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie verziehen	[zi: fɛɐ'tsi:ən]	you forgave
infinitive	wachsen	['vaksən]	to grow
1. person singular	ich wuchs	[ɪç vu:ks]	I grew
2. person singular (familiar)	du wuchsest/wuchst	[du: 'vu:ksəst/vu:kst]	you grew
3. person singular	er/sie/es wuchs	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs vu:ks]	he/she/it grew
1. person plural	wir wuchsen	[vi:ə 'vu:ksən]	we grew
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr wuchst	[i:ə vu:kst]	you grew
3. person plural	sie wuchsen	[zi: 'vu:ksən]	they grew
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie wuchsen	[zi: 'vu:ksən]	you grew
infinitive	wägen 1)	['vɛ:gən]	to weigh up
1. person singular	ich wog	[ɪç vo:k]	I weighed up
2. person singular (familiar)	du wogst	[du: vo:kst]	you weighed up
3. person singular	er/sie/es wog	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs vo:k]	he/she/it weighed up
1. person plural	wir wogen	[vi:ə 'vo:gən]	we weighed up
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr wogt	[i:ə vo:kt]	you weighed up
3. person plural	sie wogen	[zi: 'vo:gən]	they weighed up
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie wogen	[zi: 'vo:gən]	you weighed up
infinitive	waschen	['vaʃən]	to wash
1. person singular	ich wusch	[ɪç vu:ʃ]	I washed
2. person singular (familiar)	du wuschst	[du: vu:ʃst]	you washed
3. person singular	er/sie/es wusch	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs vu:ʃ]	he/she/it washed
1. person plural	wir wuschen	[vi:ə 'vu:ʃən]	we washed
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr wuscht	[i:ə vu:ʃt]	you washed
3. person plural	sie wuschen	[zi: 'vu:ʃən]	they washed
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie wuschen	[zi: 'vu:ʃən]	you washed

SUPPLEMENT
1) wägen can also have a regular conjugation while the meaning remains the same (but this is a rare form)
infinitive	wägen	['vɛ:gən]	to weigh up
1. person singular	ich wägte	[ɪç 'vɛ:ktə]	I weighed up
2. person singular (familiar)	du wägtest	[du: 'vɛ:ktəst]	you weighed up
3. person singular	er/sie/es wägte	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 'vɛ:ktə]	he/she/it weighed up
1. person plural	wir wägten	[vi:ə 'vɛ:ktən]	we weighed up
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr wägtet	[i:ə 'vɛ:ktət]	you weighed up
3. person plural	sie wägten	[zi: 'vɛ:ktən]	they weighed up
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie wägten	[zi: 'vɛ:ktən]	you weighed up
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