HABEN & SEIN in different tenses

The two German verbs HABEN and SEIN are – just like ‘to have’ and ‘to be’ in English – irregular verbs. But they are also very important in all the other tenses, not just the present tense. So, as a reminder, here they are conjugated in the present, perfect, imperfect, pluperfect tenses as well as … Read more

3 useful German prefixes: ein, aus, um

In today’s post I’d like to tell you about the three prefixes ein-, aus-, and um-. When added to a verb they change the meaning of that verb. Sometimes the new meanings belong to the same ideas. For example: Whereas other verbs could mean completely different things: Of course, don’t forget that – in true … Read more

How to conjugate German verbs in the present tense

When you start German lessons, after a while you learn how to conjugate verbs. For English speakers that sounds strange, as in English there is no difference, except in the third form singular, where we add an ‘s’. So, the verb ‘play’ gets conjugated: I play, you play, he/ she/ it plays, we play, you … Read more

Das Verbarium – German verbs at your fingertips

EDIT 2024: it seems the new version has gone as well 😕 EDIT 2019: It looks like they removed this version, as the links don’t work. They have made a new app, which has more information but is also dearer, currently £12.00 Das Verbarium+, German Grammar German verb conjugation can sometimes be a bit of … Read more

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