German irregular verbs
The 138 German strong and mixed verbs worth knowing, from the most common to the rarest: the 50 essentials, the next 50, then the advanced ones. On the front, the verb in English; on the back, its principal parts: infinitive, third person singular present, preterite and past participle with its auxiliary. New cards come in order of frequency: sein, haben and werden first.
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“to be” in German
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sein – ist – war – ist gewesen
Wholly irregular in the present: *ich bin, du bist, er ist, wir sind, ihr seid, sie sind*.
“to have” in German
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haben – hat – hatte – hat gehabt
A weak verb, yet irregular in the present (*du hast, er hat*) and the preterite (*hatte*).
“to become” in German
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werden – wird – wurde – ist geworden
Also the auxiliary of the future and the passive; in the passive its participle is *worden*: *er ist gefragt worden*.
“can, to be able to” in German
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können – kann – konnte – hat gekonnt
Modal verb: no *-t* in the third person singular (*er kann*), and the infinitive replaces the participle after another infinitive (*er hat kommen können*).
“must, to have to” in German
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müssen – muss – musste – hat gemusst
Modal verb: no *-t* in the third person singular (*er kann*), and the infinitive replaces the participle after another infinitive (*er hat kommen können*).
“to want” in German
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wollen – will – wollte – hat gewollt
Modal verb: no *-t* in the third person singular (*er kann*), and the infinitive replaces the participle after another infinitive (*er hat kommen können*).