Type a German verb or its English meaning and see every form: present, past, Perfekt, future, Konjunktiv II and the imperative, with the right helping verb.
German verbs fall into a few groups. Regular (weak) verbs such as machen keep their stem and add endings; the Präteritum adds -te (machte) and the participle is gemacht. Irregular (strong) verbs such as fahren change their vowel (fuhr, gefahren), and many also change it in the du and er forms of the present (du fährst). Mixed verbs such as bringen change the vowel but take weak endings (brachte, gebracht). The modal verbs and sein, haben, werden, wissen are irregular throughout.
| Type | Präsens (er) | Präteritum | Perfekt |
|---|---|---|---|
| weak | macht | machte | hat gemacht |
| strong | fährt | fuhr | ist gefahren |
| mixed | bringt | brachte | hat gebracht |
| separable | steht auf | stand auf | ist aufgestanden |
Detailed pages with examples and practice: sein, haben, werden, können, müssen, wollen, sollen, dürfen, mögen, wissen, gehen, kommen, machen, sagen, geben, sehen, fahren, nehmen, finden, bleiben, essen, lesen, sprechen, arbeiten, wohnen, lernen, kaufen, schreiben, anrufen, aufstehen.
Looking up a form helps once; practising it helps for good. Pick five verbs a week, write one sentence about your own life in each tense, and say the forms out loud. Use the verb trainer to drill the present and Perfekt, and read the grammar of the present tense, the Perfekt and the Präteritum.
Verbs of movement from one place to another (gehen, fahren, kommen), verbs of change of state (aufstehen, werden, sterben), and sein and bleiben. Most other verbs take haben.
Both describe the past. In speech Germans mostly use the Perfekt; the Präteritum is common in writing, and for sein, haben, werden and the modal verbs also in speech.
Yes. Type an English meaning such as 'to buy' and the conjugator shows the matching German verb.
