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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	liegen	['li:gən]	to lie
1. person singular	ich lag	[ɪç la:k]	I lay
2. person singular (familiar)	du lagst	[du: la:kst]	you lay
3. person singular	er/sie/es lag	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs la:k]	he/she/it lay
1. person plural	wir lagen	[vi:ə 'la:gən]	we lay
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr lagt	[i:ə la:kt]	you lay
3. person plural	sie lagen	[zi: 'la:gən]	they lay
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie lagen	[zi: 'la:gən]	you lay
infinitive	lügen	['ly:gən]	to lie
1. person singular	ich log	[ɪç lo:k]	I lied
2. person singular (familiar)	du logst	[du: lo:kst]	you lied
3. person singular	er/sie/es log	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs lo:k]	he/she/it lied
1. person plural	wir logen	[vi:ə 'lo:gən]	we lied
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr logt	[i:ə lo:kt]	you lied
3. person plural	sie logen	[zi: 'lo:gən]	they lied
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie logen	[zi: 'lo:gən]	you lied
infinitive	meiden	['maidən]	to avoid
1. person singular	ich mied	[ɪç mi:t]	I avoided
2. person singular (familiar)	du miedst	[du: mi:tst]	you avoided
3. person singular	er/sie/es mied	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs mi:t]	he/she/it avoided
1. person plural	wir mieden	[vi:ə 'mi:dən]	we avoided
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr miedet	[i:ə 'midət]	you avoided
3. person plural	sie mieden	[zi: 'mi:dən]	they avoided
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie mieden	[zi: 'mi:dən]	you avoided
infinitive	messen	['mɛsən]	to measure
1. person singular	ich maß	[ɪç ma:s]	I measured
2. person singular (familiar)	du maßest/maßt	[du: 'ma:səst/ma:st]	you measured
3. person singular	er/sie/es maß	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs ma:s]	he/she/it measured
1. person plural	wir maßen	[vi:ə 'ma:sən]	we measured
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr maßt	[i:ə ma:st]	you measured
3. person plural	sie maßen	[zi: 'ma:sən]	they measured
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie maßen	[zi: 'ma:sən]	you measured
infinitive	misslingen	[mɪs'lɪŋən]	to be a failure
1. person singular	ich misslang	[ɪç mɪs'laŋ]	I was a failure
2. person singular (familiar)	du misslangst	[du: mɪs'laŋst]	you were a failure
3. person singular	er/sie/es misslang	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs mɪs'laŋ]	he/she/it was a failure
1. person plural	wir misslangen	[vi:ə mɪs'laŋən]	we were a failure
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr misslangt	[i:ə mɪs'laŋt]	you were a failure
3. person plural	sie misslangen	[zi: mɪs'laŋən]	they were a failure
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie misslangen	[zi: mɪs'laŋən]	you were a failure
infinitive	mögen	['mø:gən]	to like
1. person singular	ich mochte	[ɪç 'mɔxtə]	I liked
2. person singular (familiar)	du mochtest	[du: 'mɔxtəst]	you liked
3. person singular	er/sie/es mochte	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 'mɔxtə]	he/she/it liked
1. person plural	wir mochten	[vi:ə 'mɔxtən]	we liked
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr mochtet	[i:ə 'mɔxtət]	you liked
3. person plural	sie mochten	[zi: 'mɔxtən]	they liked
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie mochten	[zi: 'mɔxtən]	you liked
infinitive	müssen	['mʏsən]	to have to do
1. person singular	ich musste	[ɪç 'mʊstə]	I had to
2. person singular (familiar)	du musstest	[du: 'mʊstəst]	you had to
3. person singular	er/sie/es musste	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 'mʊstə]	he/she/it had to
1. person plural	wir mussten	[vi:ə 'mʊstən]	we had to
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr musstet	[i:ə 'mʊstət]	you had to
3. person plural	sie musten	[zi: 'mʊstən]	they had to
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie mussten	[zi: 'mʊstən]	you had to
infinitive	nehmen	['ne:mən]	to take
1. person singular	ich nahm	[ɪç na:m]	I took
2. person singular (familiar)	du nahmst	[du: na:mst]	you took
3. person singular	er/sie/es nahm	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs na:m]	he/she/it took
1. person plural	wir nahmen	[vi:ə 'na:mən]	we took
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr nahmt	[i:ə na:mt]	you took
3. person plural	sie nahmen	[zi: 'na:mən]	they took
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie nahmen	[zi: 'na:mən]	you took
infinitive	nennen	['nɛnən]	to name/call
1. person singular	ich nannte	[ɪç 'nantə]	I named
2. person singular (familiar)	du nanntest	[du: 'nantəst]	you named
3. person singular	er/sie/es nannte	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs 'nantə]	he/she/it named
1. person plural	wir nannten	[vi:ə 'nantən]	we named
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr nanntet	[i:ə 'nantət]	you named
3. person plural	sie nannten	[zi: 'nantən]	they named
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie nannten	[zi: 'nantən]	you named
infinitive	pfeifen	['pfaifən]	to whistle
1. person singular	ich pfiff	[ɪç pfɪf]	I whistled
2. person singular (familiar)	du pfiffst	[du: pfɪfst]	you whistled
3. person singular	er/sie/es pfiff	[e:ɐ/zi:/ɛs pfɪf]	he/she/it whistled
1. person plural	wir pfiffen	[vi:ə 'pfɪfən]	we whistled
2. person plural (familiar)	ihr pfifft	[i:ə pfɪft]	you whistled
3. person plural	sie pfiffen	[zi: 'pfɪfən]	they whistled
polite form (singular + plural)	Sie pfiffen	[zi: 'pfɪfən]	you whistled
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