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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	weben 1)	['ve:bən]	to weave
1. person singular	ich wob	[ɪç vo:p]	I wove
2. person singular (familiar)	du wobst	[du: vo:pst]	you wove
3. person singular	er/sie/es wob	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs vo:p]	he/she/it wove
1. person plural	wir woben	[vi:ə 'vo:bən]	we wove
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr wobt	[i:ə vo:pt]	you wove
3. person plural	sie woben	[zi: 'vo:bən]	they wove
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie woben	[zi: 'vo:bən]	you wove
infinitive	weichen 2)	['vaiçən]	to give way to sth/budge
1. person singular	ich wich	[ɪç vɪç]	I gave way
2. person singular (familiar)	du wichst	[du: vɪçst]	you gave way
3. person singular	er/sie/es wich	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs vɪç]	he/she/it gave way
1. person plural	wir wichen	[vi:ə 'vɪçən]	we gave way
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr wicht	[i:ə vɪçt]	you gave way
3. person plural	sie wichen	[zi: 'vɪçən]	they gave way
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie wichen	[zi: 'vɪçən]	you gave way
infinitive	weisen	['vaizən]	to point to/expel sb from sth
1. person singular	ich wies	[ɪç vi:s]	I pointed to
2. person singular (familiar)	du wiesest/wiest	[du: 'vi:zəst/vi:st]	you pointed to
3. person singular	er/sie/es wies	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs vi:s]	he/she/it pointed to
1. person plural	wir wiesen	[vi:ə 'vi:zən]	we pointed to
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr wiest	[i:ə vi:st]	you pointed to
3. person plural	sie wiesen	[zi: 'vi:zən]	they pointed to
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie wiesen	[zi: 'vi:zən]	you pointed to
infinitive	wenden 3)	['vɛndən]	to turn
1. person singular	ich wandte	[ɪç 'vantə]	I turned
2. person singular (familiar)	du wandtest	[du: 'vantəst]	you turned
3. person singular	er/sie/es wandte	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 'vantə]	he/she/it turned
1. person plural	wir wandten	[vi:ə 'vantən]	we turned
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr wandtet	[i:ə 'vantət]	you turned
3. person plural	sie wandten	[zi: 'vantən]	they turned
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie wandten	[zi: 'vantən]	you turned
infinitive	werben	['vɛrbən]	to advertise/to recruit sb
1. person singular	ich warb	[ɪç varp]	I advertised
2. person singular (familiar)	du warbst	[du: varpst]	you advertised
3. person singular	er/sie/es warb	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs varp]	he/she/it advertised
1. person plural	wir warben	[vi:ə 'varbən]	we advertised
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr warbt	[i:ə varpt]	you advertised
3. person plural	sie warben	[zi: 'varbən]	they advertised
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie warben	[zi: 'varbən]	you advertised
infinitive	werden	['ve:ɐdən]	to become
1. person singular	ich wurde	[ɪç 'vʊrdə]	I became
2. person singular (familiar)	du wurdest	[du: 'vʊrdəst]	you became
3. person singular	er/sie/es wurde	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 'vʊrdə]	he/she/it became
1. person plural	wir wurden	[vi:ə 'vʊrdən]	we became
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr wurdet	[i:ə 'vʊrdət]	you became
3. person plural	sie wurden	[zi: 'vʊrdən]	they became
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie wurden	[zi: 'vʊrdən]	you became
infinitive	werfen	['vɛrfən]	to throw
1. person singular	ich warf	[ɪç varf]	I threw
2. person singular (familiar)	du warfst	[du: varfst]	you threw
3. person singular	er/sie/es warf	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs varf]	he/she/it threw
1. person plural	wir warfen	[vi:ə 'varfən]	we threw
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr warft	[i:ə varft]	you threw
3. person plural	sie warfen	[zi: 'varfən]	they threw
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie warfen	[zi: 'varfən]	you threw
infinitive	wiegen 4)	['vi:gən]	to weigh
1. person singular	ich wog	[ɪç vo:k]	I weighed
2. person singular (familiar)	du wogst	[du: vo:kst]	you weighed
3. person singular	er/sie/es wog	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs vo:k]	he/she/it weighed
1. person plural	wir wogen	[vi:ə 'vo:gən]	we weighed
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr wogt	[i:ə vo:kt]	you weighed
3. person plural	sie wogen	[zi: 'vo:gən]	they weighed
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie wogen	[zi: 'vo:gən]	you weighed
infinitive	winden 5)	['vɪndən]	to wind/writhe
1. person singular	ich wand	[ɪç vant]	I wound
2. person singular (familiar)	du wandst	[du: vantst]	you wound
3. person singular	er/sie/es wand	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs vant]	he/she/it wound
1. person plural	wir wanden	[vi:ə 'vandən]	we wound
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr wandet	[i:ə 'vandət]	you wound
3. person plural	sie wanden	[zi: 'vandən]	they wound
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie wanden	[zi: 'vandən]	you wound
infinitive	wissen	['vɪsən]	to know
1. person singular	ich wusste	[ɪç 'vʊstə]	I knew
2. person singular (familiar)	du wusstest	[du: 'vʊstəst]	you knew
3. person singular	er/sie/es wusste	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 'vʊstə]	he/she/it knew
1. person plural	wir wussten	[vi:ə 'vʊstən]	we knew
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr wusstet	[i:ə 'vʊstət]	you knew
3. person plural	sie wussten	[zi: 'vʊstən]	they knew
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie wussten	[zi: 'vʊstən]	you knew

SUPPLEMENT
1) weben usually has a regular conjugation (the irregular forms are used in a figurative sense and in literary works)
infinitive	weben	['ve:bən]	to weave
1. person singular	ich webte	[ɪç 've:ptə]	I weaved
2. person singular (familiar)	du webtest	[du: 've:ptəst]	you weaved
3. person singular	er/sie/es webte	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 've:ptə]	he/she/it weaved
1. person plural	wir webten	[vi:ə 've:ptən]	we weaved
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr webtet	[i:ə 've:ptət]	you weaved
3. person plural	sie webten	[zi: 've:ptən]	they weaved
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie webten	[zi: 've:ptən]	you weaved
2) weichen in the sense of to soak something in something has a regular conjugation
infinitive	(ein)weichen	['vaiçən]	to soak sth in sth
1. person singular	ich weichte (ein)	[ɪç 'vaiçtə]	I soaked
2. person singular (familiar)	du weichtest (ein)	[du: 'vaiçtəst]	you soaked
3. person singular	er/sie/es weichte (ein)	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 'vaiçtə]	he/she/it soaked
1. person plural	wir weichten (ein)	[vi:ə 'vaiçtən]	we soaked
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr weichtet (ein)	[i:ə 'vaiçtət]	you soaked
3. person plural	sie weichten (ein)	[zi: 'vaiçtən]	they soaked
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie weichten (ein)	[zi: 'vaiçtən]	you soaked
3) wenden in the sense of to do little daily jobs in the household or trade or changing the direction usually has a regular conjugation (the irregular forms are more elevated and used for more important actions, also in the sense of turning to someone or asking someone for help)
infinitive	wenden	['vɛndən]	to turn
1. person singular	ich wendete	[ɪç 'vɛndətə]	I turned
2. person singular (familiar)	du wendetest	[du: 'vɛndətəst]	you turned
3. person singular	er/sie/es wendete	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 'vɛndətə]	he/she/it turned
1. person plural	wir wendeten	[vi:ə 'vɛndətən]	we turned
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr wendetet	t[i:ə 'vɛndətət]	you turned
3. person plural	sie wendeten	[zi: 'vɛndətən]	they turned
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie wendeten	[zi: 'vɛndətən]	you turned
4) wiegen in the sense of to move back and forth/to rock/to sway has a regular conjugation
infinitive	wiegen	['vi:gən]	to rock/sway
1. person singular	ich wiegte	[ɪç 'vi:ktə]	I rocked
2. person singular (familiar)	du wiegtest	[du: 'vi:ktəst]	you rocked
3. person singular	er/sie/es wiegte	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 'vi:ktə]	he/she/it rocked
1. person plural	wir wiegten	[vi:ə 'vi:ktən]	we rocked
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr wiegtet	[i:ə 'vi:ktət]	you rocked
3. person plural	sie wiegten	[zi: 'vi:ktən]	they rocked
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie wiegten	[zi: 'vi:ktən]	you rocked
5) winden in the meaning of a wind that blows, sighs or whispers has a regular conjugation (this verb is only used in the 3. person singular)
infinitive	winden	['vɪndən]	to blow (wind)
1. person singular	ich windete	[ɪç 'vɪndətə]	I blew
2. person singular (familiar)	du windetest	[du: 'vɪndətəst]	you blew
3. person singular	er/sie/es windete	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 'vɪndətə]	he/she/it blew
1. person plural	wir windeten	[vi:ə 'vɪndətən]	we blew
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr windetet	[i:ə 'vɪndətət]	you blew
3. person plural	sie windeten	[zi: 'vɪndətən]	they blew
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie windeten	[zi: 'vɪndətən]	you blew
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