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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	fließen	['fli:sən]	to flow
1. person singular	ich floss	[ɪç flɔs]	I flowed
2. person singular (familiar)	du flossest/ flosst	[du: 'flɔsəst/flɔst]	you flowed
3. person singular	er/sie/es floss	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs flɔs]	he/she/it flowed
1. person plural	wir flossen	[vi:ə 'flɔsən]	we flowed
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr flosst	[i:ə flɔst]	you flowed
3. person plural	sie flossen	[zi: 'flɔsən]	they flowed
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie flossen	[zi: 'flɔsən]	you flowed
infinitive	fressen	['frɛsən]	to eat (animal)
1. person singular	ich fraß	[ɪç fra:s]	I ate
2. person singular (familiar)	du fraßest/ fraßt	[du: 'fra:səst/fra:st]	you ate
3. person singular	er/sie/es fraß	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs fra:s]	he/she/it ate
1. person plural	wir fraßen	[vi:ə 'fra:sən]	we ate
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr fraßt	[i:ə fra:st]	you ate
3. person plural	sie fraßen	[zi: 'fra:sən]	they ate
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie fraßen	[zi: 'fra:sən]	you ate
infinitive	frieren	['fri:rən]	to be cold/freeze
1. person singular	ich fror	[ɪç fro:ɐ]	I was cold
2. person singular (familiar)	du frorst	[du: fro:ɐst]	you were cold
3. person singular	er/sie/es fror	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs fro:ɐ]	he/she/it was cold
1. person plural	wir froren	[vi:ə 'fro:rən]	we were cold
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr frort	[i:ə fro:ɐt]	you were cold
3. person plural	sie froren	[zi: 'fro:rən]	they were cold
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie froren	[zi: 'fro:rən]	you were cold
infinitive	gären 1)	['gɛ:rən]	to seethe/ferment
1. person singular	ich gor	[ɪç go:ɐ]	I seethed
2. person singular (familiar)	du gorst	[du: go:ɐst]	you seethed
3. person singular	er/sie/es gor	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs go:ɐ]	he/she/it seethed
1. person plural	wir goren	[vi:ə 'go:rən]	we seethed
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr gort	[i:ə go:ɐt]	you seethed
3. person plural	sie goren	[zi: 'go:rən]	they seethed
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie goren	[zi: 'go:rən]	you seethed
infinitive	gebären	[gə'bɛ:rən]	to bear (a child)
1. person singular	ich gebar	[ɪç gə'ba:ɐ]	I bore
2. person singular (familiar)	du gebarst	[du: gə'ba:ɐst]	you bore
3. person singular	er/sie/es gebar	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs gə'ba:ɐ]	he/she/it bore
1. person plural	wir gebaren	[vi:ə gə'ba:rən]	we bore
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr gebart	[i:ə gə'ba:ɐt]	you bore
3. person plural	sie gebaren	[zi: gə'ba:rən]	they bore
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie gebaren	[zi: gə'ba:rən]	you bore
infinitive	geben	['ge:bən]	to give
1. person singular	ich gab	[ɪç ga:p]	I gave
2. person singular (familiar)	du gabst	[du: ga:pst]	you gave
3. person singular	er/sie/es gab	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ga:p]	he/she/it gave
1. person plural	wir gaben	[vi:ə 'ga:bən]	we gave
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr gabt	[i:ə ga:pt]	you gave
3. person plural	sie gaben	[zi: 'ga:bən]	they gave
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie gaben	[zi: 'ga:bən]	you gave
infinitive	gedeihen	[gə'daiən]	to thrive/flourish
1. person singular	ich gedieh	[ɪç gə'di:]	I throve
2. person singular (familiar)	du gediehst	[du: gə'di:st]	you throve
3. person singular	er/sie/es gedieh	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs gə'di:]	he/she/it throve
1. person plural	wir gediehen	[vi:ə gə'di:ən]	we throve
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr gedieht	[i:ə gə'di:t]	you throve
3. person plural	sie gediehen	[zi: gə'di:ən]	they throve
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie gediehen	[zi: gə'di:ən]	you throve
infinitive	gehen	['ge:ən]	to go
1. person singular	ich ging	[ɪç gɪŋ]	I went
2. person singular (familiar)	du gingst	[du: gɪŋst]	you went
3. person singular	er/sie/es ging	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs gɪŋ]	he/she/it went
1. person plural	wir gingen	[vi:ə 'gɪŋən]	we went
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr gingt	[i:ə gɪŋt]	you went
3. person plural	sie gingen	[zi: 'gɪŋən]	they went
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie gingen	[zi: 'gɪŋən]	you went
infinitive	gelingen	[gə'lɪŋən]	to be a success
1. person singular	ich gelang	[ɪç gə'laŋ]	I was a success
2. person singular (familiar)	du gelangst	[du: gə'laŋst]	you were a success
3. person singular	er/sie/es gelang	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs gə'laŋ]	he/she/it was a success
1. person plural	wir gelangen	[vi:ə gə'laŋən]	we were a success
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr gelangt	[i:ə gə'laŋt]	you were a success
3. person plural	sie gelangen	[zi: gə'laŋən]	they were a success
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie gelangen	[zi: gə'laŋən]	you were a success
infinitive	gelten	['gɛltən]	to be regarded as/valid
1. person singular	ich galt	[ɪç galt]	I was regarded as
2. person singular (familiar)	du galtest	[du: galtəst]	you were regarded as
3. person singular	er/sie/es galt	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs galt]	he/she/it was regarded as
1. person plural	wir galten	[vi:ə 'galtən]	we were regarded as
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr galtet	[i:ə 'galtət]	you were regarded as
3. person plural	sie galten	[zi: 'galtən]	they were regarded as
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie galten	[zi: 'galtən]	you were regarded as

SUPPLEMENT
1) gären in the figurative sense of to seethe has a regular conjugation
infinitive	gären	['gɛ:rən]	to seethe
1. person singular	ich gärte	[ɪç 'gɛ:ɐtə]	I seethed
2. person singular (familiar)	du gärtest	[du: 'gɛ:ɐtəst]	you seethed
3. person singular	er/sie/es gärte	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 'gɛ:ɐtə]	he/she/it seethed
1. person plural	wir gärten	[vi:ə 'gɛ:ɐtən]	we seethed
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr gärtet	[i:ə 'gɛ:ɐtət]	you seethed
3. person plural	sie gärten	[zi: 'gɛ:ɐtən]	they seethed
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie gärten	[zi: 'gɛ:ɐtən]	you seethed
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