Vistawide - World languages & cultures, foreign language learning tips, study & work abroad, free language study resources. German language learning - German culture resources - German-speaking countries & customs German German grammar Common German errors German practice activities German textbooks German books Why learn German? German magazines German films German music Best German web links Free German software More ... Ads by Google PDF PDF Desktop Sharing Desktop Wall Papers PDF Auf Word Youtube DL MP3 Web vistawide.com Books Search for German grammar books at amazon: Search Now: Languages Why languages? German verbs List of strong & irregular verbs The infinitive | The past participle | The present participle | Weak verbs | Strong verbs | Mixed verbs List of strong & irregular verbs | For more German verbs topics, see the GERMAN GRAMMAR INDEX About strong & irregular verbs The strong verbs in German are characterized by unpredictable changes in their roots to demonstrate verb tense. These stem changes occur particularly in the past tense forms, but in some instances, present tense forms are also affected. Knowing what these root changes are is critical to proper usage of the strong verbs. Once you know these forms, you can easily conjugate strong verbs in any verb tense. Irregular German verbs have various sorts of changes within their roots. In addition, they sometimes have anomalous conjugations that are wholly unpredictable. The list below contains a comprehensive list of all strong and irregular verbs in the German language, except for a few archaic forms that are really no longer used or for which a preferred alternative weak conjugation has arisen. Note that other verbs may be formed from these roots using prefixes; nonetheless, these stem changes will remain the same for all derived verbs, unless otherwise noted. List of strong & irregular German verbs Jump to verbs beginning with: A-F | G-L | M-Schm | Schn-St | T-Z Infinitive form Present tense stem change, if any (3rd pers. sing.) Simple past tense (3rd pers. sing.) Helping verb + Past participle Definition German Grammar: German Verbs: Strong & Irregular Verbs - Grammatik ... file:///C:/Documents and Settings/XPPRESP3/Desktop/strong_and_irregu... 1 von 12 12/5/2010 10:17 AM
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Vistawide - World languages & cultures, foreign language learning tips, study & work abroad, free languagestudy resources.German language learning - German culture resources - German-speaking countries & customs
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German grammarCommon German errorsGerman practice activitiesGerman textbooksGerman booksWhy learn German?German magazinesGerman filmsGerman musicBest German web linksFree German softwareMore ...
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PDF Desktop Sharing
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Books
Search forGerman grammar books
at amazon:
Search Now:
Languages
Why languages?
German verbs
List of strong & irregular verbs
The infinitive | The past participle | The present participle | Weak verbs |Strong verbs | Mixed verbsList of strong & irregular verbs | For more German verbs topics, see theGERMAN GRAMMAR INDEX
About strong & irregular verbs
The strong verbs in German are characterized by unpredictablechanges in their roots to demonstrate verb tense. These stemchanges occur particularly in the past tense forms, but in someinstances, present tense forms are also affected. Knowing whatthese root changes are is critical to proper usage of the strongverbs. Once you know these forms, you can easily conjugatestrong verbs in any verb tense.
Irregular German verbs have various sorts of changes withintheir roots. In addition, they sometimes have anomalousconjugations that are wholly unpredictable.
The list below contains a comprehensive list of all strong andirregular verbs in the German language, except for a few archaicforms that are really no longer used or for which a preferredalternative weak conjugation has arisen. Note that other verbsmay be formed from these roots using prefixes; nonetheless,these stem changes will remain the same for all derived verbs,unless otherwise noted.
Hammer's German Grammar and Usage, 2nd ed., by A.E.Hammer, revised by Martin Durrell, 544 p. (1983)Using German, 2nd ed., by Martin Durrell, 319 p. (2003)Die deutsche Grammatik klar gemacht, 2nd ed., by Karl Otto,Wolff von Schmidt, et al., 47 p. (2004)
The infinitive | The past participle | The present participle | Weak verbs |Strong verbs | Mixed verbs
Dative verbs | Genitive verbs | Verb + preposition idiomsFor more German verbs topics, see the GERMAN GRAMMAR INDEX
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