Starke Verben - Strong Verbs - N-Schw
% C4 B* j! }0 y; N" _7 E# A INFINITIV PR?TERITUM
& l, e+ ]+ f) `# a (Preterite) PERFEKT
, _& R, A" l0 h+ S8 X5 ` (Past Participle)
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3 y% d7 _' V; t1 G& P) d nehmen take nahm took genommen taken. D$ P' [1 r! Y2 m
nennen name nannte named genannt named Q6 H) K3 p( g) m/ v
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% f. }6 g# ^5 [( l @, O pfeifen whistle pfiff whistled gepfiffen whistled$ _ Y8 c6 l' O+ h
preisen praise pries praised gepriesen praised
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* D% O1 N% t3 i( ?0 Z$ \* T quellen gush quoll* gushed ist gequollen* gushed# G3 `# P7 d* X7 m
*Also has the weak forms quellte and hat gequellt.
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6 V- U( m5 f# V8 G0 q) Z3 m5 K, H raten advise riet advised geraten advised
& H. w5 t, k: R% m, g- x/ z reiben rub rieb rubbed gerieben rubbed
% T9 v' P% ?* D) Y rei?en tear riss tore gerissen torn
" B2 D7 t$ H+ @' W2 b" _. Z% a4 X( |) s reiten* ride ritt rode ist geritten ridden
3 F5 N' N" ^+ u! I8 A8 x: ] *The verb reiten is only used for riding an animal (e.g., horseback riding); to express "ride" in a transportation sense (bus, train, etc.), fahren is used.
* n }1 z/ ?! u% C) J rennen run rannte ran ist gerannt run
7 C y' [. t# b6 ^9 U+ R$ c7 ]1 q3 M7 l *The verb rennen is a "mixed" verb, combining elements of strong and weak verbs. For more see our Mixed Verbs page.
% C4 Q& r" {( M) Y6 h riechen smell roch smelled gerochen smelled
: y1 d) g, q& |6 r X/ v ringen wring rang wrung gerungen wrung
9 Z/ Q- E$ t% L rinnen flow rann flowed ist geronnen flowed- {2 Z/ _0 m* T" x @5 ~) h
rufen call rief called gerufen called8 \6 s3 s6 p. ] ?
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7 x0 v" b; M! X1 b; ^2 h salzen salt salzte salted gesalzen/gesalzt salted
7 j8 }7 N- c$ g" ] saufen drink soff drank gesoffen drunk3 \- Q' \/ c2 ~1 y
saugen suck sog* sucked gesogen* sucked& F2 I& c. X; }$ i$ I; v8 Z/ l
* Also has the weak forms saugte and hat gesaugt. In technical use, only the weak form is used.
5 t X0 a6 }+ p schaffen create;/ x, N# {' H' F- R9 v0 N* s2 F) k
accomplish, make schuf* created geschaffen* created: d; J/ h8 J# T+ Z* _
*The strong forms schuf/hat geschaffen are used when the meaning is "created" ("Sie hat sch?ne Sachen geschaffen."). To express "accomplished" or "made it," the weak forms schaffte/hat geschafft are used: "Er hat es geschafft (ein Tor zu machen)!"
/ W" n- ?. U, Z" n scheiden depart; separate schied separated geschieden* separated& l/ E- I4 v" o, g4 q
*In the sense of "leave" or "depart" scheiden takes sein as a helping verb: "Karl ist aus dem Dienst geschieden."' F j3 y) U: m, t0 G# Z( M2 m
scheinen shine schien shone geschienen shone7 H. k5 z' C! n+ J8 o& J
schei?en shit schiss shit geschissen shit
: ~/ q2 p1 }4 L8 Y schelten scold schalt scolded gescholten scolded$ g8 [3 F' F q6 `
schie?en shoot schoss shot geschossen shot
6 U0 h# N0 O0 c' T2 k. `- t See the ablaut groups for learning the various patterns (a-u-a, e-a-o, etc.) of German strong verbs.
! a( I% P8 i3 z6 @ schlafen sleep schlief slept geschlafen slept: |) g0 j+ M: \: v5 H3 r% K
schlagen hit schlug hit geschlagen hit) F7 Q3 a, ]! O( P7 _/ E* V
schleichen sneak schlich sneaked ist geschlichen sneaked9 p" Z: N8 J2 k' Q3 [
schleifen polish schliff* polished geschliffen* polished
7 U5 m+ z, F+ J3 U# A3 D, L$ f *Although the strong form is preferred, schleifte and hat geschleift (weak) are also used.
4 G% ?$ q2 S; @5 u1 @: o schlei?en slit schli? slit geschlissen slit8 s" t; u' N; O8 | h
schlie?en close, lock schloss closed geschlossen closed2 n! t6 G# w/ M- _
schlingen gulp (down) schlang gulped geschlungen gulped
4 C* [, ?& P/ j2 M: n schmei?en fling, toss schmiss flung geschmissen flung F! C4 I4 A. d# E; m1 M& K, J
schmelzen melt schmolz melted geschmolzen melted
3 l$ q) Q; E' k/ S$ g6 \ ^ schneiden cut schnitt cut geschnitten cut
& m4 y+ S; m; ^/ ` schrecken scare schrak/schreckte scared geschreckt/geschrocken scared
8 _& X5 G3 l, i% _) p3 A schreiben write schrieb wrote geschrieben written
+ i& f) c; d/ g! I) e( m. H* ?6 w schreien scream schrie screamed geschrien screamed6 p/ n+ A2 r s' b
schreiten step schritt stepped ist geschritten stepped
7 Q$ S* s( }6 C schweigen be silent schwieg was silent geschwiegen been silent6 M- p0 N! g+ K
schwellen* swell, rise schwoll swelled ist geschwollen swollen
1 A' K: [0 ~0 a% ?, L) z *There are two forms of schwellen: (1) strong (above) for the sense of "to swell up/fill with wind," and (2) weak to "fill (something) up with wind/to swell (something) up."( p9 [6 p3 J0 w# r8 c
schwimmen swim schwamm swam ist geschwommen swum
7 |8 d- H: P* p: ~. |% H' a7 D schwinden dwindle schwand dwindled ist geschwunden dwindled
+ x& s4 [0 Q0 |4 ~" I schwingen swing schwang swung geschwungen swung
$ r1 e- Y9 Y! t5 W schw?ren swear schwur/schwor swore geschworen sworn |