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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	bleiben	['blaibən]	to stay
1. person singular	ich blieb	[ɪç bli:p]	I stayed
2. person singular (familiar)	du bliebst	[du: bli:pst]	you stayed
3. person singular	er/sie/es blieb	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs bli:p]	he/she/it stayed
1. person plural	wir blieben	[vi:ə 'bli:bən]	we stayed
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr bliebt	[i:ə bli:pt]	you stayed
3. person plural	sie blieben	[zi: 'bli:bən]	they stayed
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie blieben	[zi: 'bli:bən]	you stayed
infinitive	braten	['bra:tən]	to fry
1. person singular	ich briet	[ɪç bri:t]	I fried
2. person singular (familiar)	du brietst	[du: bri:tst]	you fried
3. person singular	er/sie/es briet	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs bri:t]	he/she/it fried
1. person plural	wir brieten	[vi:ə 'bri:tən]	we fried
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr brietet	[i:ə 'bri:tət]	you fried
3. person plural	sie brieten	[zi: 'bri:tən]	they fried
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie brieten	[zi: 'bri:tən]	you fried
infinitive	brechen	['brɛçən]	to break
1. person singular	ich brach	[ɪç bra:x]	I broke
2. person singular (familiar)	du brachst	[du: bra:xst]	you broke
3. person singular	er/sie/es brach	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs bra:x]	he/she/it broke
1. person plural	wir brachen	[vi:ə 'bra:xən]	we broke
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr bracht	[i:ə bra:xt]	you broke
3. person plural	sie brachen	[zi: 'bra:xən]	they broke
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie brachen	[zi: 'bra:xən]	you broke
infinitive	brennen	['brɛnən]	to burn
1. person singular	ich brannte	[ɪç 'brantə]	I burned
2. person singular (familiar)	du branntest	[du: 'brantəst]	you burned
3. person singular	er/sie/es brannte	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 'brantə]	he/she/it burned
1. person plural	wir brannten	[vi:ə 'brantən]	we burned
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr branntet	[i:ə 'brantət]	you burned
3. person plural	sie brannten	[zi: 'brantən]	they burned
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie brannten	[zi: 'brantən]	you burned
infinitive	bringen	['brɪŋən]	to bring
1. person singular	ich brachte	[ɪç 'braxtə]	I brought
2. person singular (familiar)	du brachtest	[du: 'braxtəst]	you brought
3. person singular	er/sie/es brachte	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 'braxtə]	he/she/it brought
1. person plural	wir brachten	[vi:ə 'braxtən]	we brought
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr brachtet	[i:ə 'braxtət]	you brought
3. person plural	sie brachten	[zi: 'braxtən]	they brought
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie brachten	[zi: 'braxtən]	you brought
infinitive	denken	['dɛŋkən]	to think
1. person singular	ich dachte	[ɪç 'daxtə]	I thought
2. person singular (familiar)	du dachtest	[du: 'daxtəst]	you thought
3. person singular	er/sie/es dachte	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 'daxtə]	he/she/it thought
1. person plural	wir dachten	[vi:ə 'daxtən]	we thought
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr dachtet	[i:ə 'daxtət]	you thought
3. person plural	sie dachten	[zi: 'daxtən]	they thought
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie dachten	[zi: 'daxtən]	you thought
infinitive	dreschen	['drɛʃən]	to thresh/thrash
1. person singular	ich drosch	[ɪç drɔʃ]	I threshed
2. person singular (familiar)	du droschst	[du: drɔʃst]	you threshed
3. person singular	er/sie/es drosch	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs drɔʃ]	he/she/it threshed
1. person plural	wir droschen	[vi:ə 'drɔʃən]	we threshed
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr droscht	[i:ə drɔʃt]	you threshed
3. person plural	sie droschen	[zi: 'drɔʃən]	they threshed
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie droschen	[zi: 'drɔʃən]	you threshed
infinitive	dringen	['drɪŋən]	to insist/press
1. person singular	ich drang	[ɪç draŋ]	I insisted
2. person singular (familiar)	du drangst	[du: draŋst]	you insisted
3. person singular	er/sie/es drang	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs draŋ]	he/she/it insisted
1. person plural	wir drangen	[vi:ə 'draŋən]	we insisted
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr drangt	[i:ə draŋt]	you insisted
3. person plural	sie drangen	[zi: 'draŋən]	they insisted
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie drangen	[zi: 'draŋən]	you insisted
infinitive	dürfen	['dʏrfən]	to be allowed to
1. person singular	ich durfte	[ɪç 'dʊrftə]	I was allowed to
2. person singular (familiar)	du durftest	[du: 'dʊrftəst]	you were allowed to
3. person singular	er/sie/es durfte	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 'dʊrftə]	he/she/it was allowed to
1. person plural	wir durften	[vi:ə 'dʊrftən]	we were allowed to
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr durftet	[i:ə 'dʊrftət]	you were allowed to
3. person plural	sie durften	[zi: 'dʊrftən]	they were allowed to
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie durften	[zi: 'dʊrftən]	you were allowed to
infinitive	empfangen	[ɛm'pfaŋən]	to receive/welcome
1. person singular	ich empfing	[ɪç ɛm'pfɪŋ]	I received
2. person singular (familiar)	du empfingst	[du: ɛm'pfɪŋst]	you received
3. person singular	er/sie/es empfing	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ɛm'pfɪŋ]	he/she/it received
1. person plural	wir empfingen	[vi:ə ɛm'pfɪŋən]	we received
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr empfingt	[i:ə ɛm'pfɪŋt]	you received
3. person plural	sie empfingen	[zi: ɛm'pfɪŋən]	they received
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie empfingen	[zi: ɛm'pfɪŋən]	you received
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