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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	genesen	[gə'ne:zən]	to recover (one's health)
1. person singular	ich genast	[ɪç gə'na:s]	I recovered
2. person singular (familiar)	du genasest/genast	[du: gə'na:zəst/gə'na:st]	you recovered
3. person singular	er/sie/es genas	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs gə'na:s]	he/she/it recovered
1. person plural	wir genasen	[vi:ə gə'na:zən]	we recovered
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr genast	[i:ə gə'na:st]	you recovered
3. person plural	sie genasen	[zi: gə'na:zən]	they recovered
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie genasen	[zi: gə'na:zən]	you recovered
infinitive	genießen	[gə'ni:sən]	to enjoy
1. person singular	ich genoss	[ɪç gə'nɔs]	I enjoyed
2. person singular (familiar)	du genossest/genosst	[du: gə'nɔsəst/gə'nɔst]	you enjoyed
3. person singular	er/sie/es genoss	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs gə'nɔs]	he/she/it enjoyed
1. person plural	wir genossen	[vi:ə gə'nɔsən]	we enjoyed
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr genosst	[i:ə gə'nɔst]	you enjoyed
3. person plural	sie genossen	[zi: gə'nɔsən]	they enjoyed
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie genossen	[zi: gə'nɔsən]	you enjoyed
infinitive	geschehen	[gə'ʃe:ən]	to happen/occur
3. person singular	er/sie/es geschah	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs gə'ʃa:]	he/she/it happened
3. person plural	sie geschahen	[zi: gə'ʃa:ən]	they happened
infinitive	gewinnen	[gə'vɪnən]	to win
1. person singular	ich gewann	[ɪç gə'van]	I won
2. person singular (familiar)	du gewannst	[du: gə'vanst]	you won
3. person singular	er/sie/es gewann	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs gə'van]	he/she/it won
1. person plural	wir gewannen	[vi:ə gə'vanən]	we won
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr gewannt	[i:ə gə'vant]	you won
3. person plural	sie gewannen	[zi: gə'vanən]	they won
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie gewannen	[zi: gə'vanən]	you won
infinitive	gießen	['gi:sən]	to pour/water (flowers)
1. person singular	ich goss	[ɪç gɔs]	I poured
2. person singular (familiar)	du gossest/gosst	[du: 'gɔsəst/gɔst]	you poured
3. person singular	er/sie/es goss	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs gɔs]	he/she/it poured
1. person plural	wir gossen	[vi:ə 'gɔsən]	we poured
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr gosst	[i:ə gɔst]	you poured
3. person plural	sie gossen	[zi: 'gɔsən]	they poured
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie gossen	[zi: 'gɔsən]	you poured
infinitive	gleichen	['glaiçən]	to be alike/similar
1. person singular	ich glich	[ɪç glɪç]	I was alike
2. person singular (familiar)	du glichst	[du: glɪçst]	you were alike
3. person singular	er/sie/es glich	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs glɪç]	he/she/it was alike
1. person plural	wir glichen	[vi:ə 'glɪçən]	we were alike
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr glicht	[i:ə glɪçt]	you were alike
3. person plural	sie glichen	[zi: 'glɪçən]	they were alike
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie glichen	[zi: 'glɪçən]	you were alike
infinitive	gleiten	['glaitən]	to glide
1. person singular	ich glitt	[ɪç glɪt]	I glided
2. person singular (familiar)	du glittest	[du: glɪtəst]	you glided
3. person singular	er/sie/es glitt	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs glɪt]	he/she/it glided
1. person plural	wir glitten	[vi:ə 'glɪtən]	we glided
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr glittet	[i:ə 'glɪtət]	you glided
3. person plural	sie glitten	[zi: 'glɪtən]	they glided
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie glitten	[zi: 'glɪtən]	you glided
infinitive	graben	['gra:bən]	to dig
1. person singular	ich grub	[ɪç gru:p]	I dug
2. person singular (familiar)	du grubst	[du: gru:pst]	you dug
3. person singular	er/sie/es grub	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs gru:p]	he/she/it dug
1. person plural	wir gruben	[vi:ə 'gru:bən]	we dug
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr grubt	[i:ə gru:pt]	you dug
3. person plural	sie gruben	[zi: 'gru:bən]	they dug
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie gruben	[zi: 'gru:bən]	you dug
infinitive	greifen	['graifən]	to grip
1. person singular	ich griff	[ɪç grɪf]	I gripped
2. person singular (familiar)	du griffst	[du: grɪfst]	you gripped
3. person singular	er/sie/es griff	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs grɪf]	he/she/it gripped
1. person plural	wir griffen	[vi:ə 'grɪfən]	we gripped
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr grifft	[i:ə grɪft]	you gripped
3. person plural	sie griffen	[zi: 'grɪfən]	they gripped
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie griffen	[zi: 'grɪfən]	you gripped
infinitive	haben	['ha:bən]	to have
1. person singular	ich hatte	[ɪç 'hatə]	I had
2. person singular (familiar)	du hattest	[du: 'hatəst]	you had
3. person singular	er/sie/es hatte	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 'hatə]	he/she/it had
1. person plural	wir hatten	[vi:ə 'hatən]	we had
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr hattet	[i:ə 'hatət]	you had
3. person plural	sie hatten	[zi: 'hatən]	they had
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie hatten	[zi: 'hatən]	you had
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