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What is the past participle of verstehen?
The Past Participle of the German verb verstehen
Past Participle | |
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verstanden | understood |
What is the past participle of Passieren?

Infinitive | Past participle |
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stürzen | ge-stürz-t |
passieren | passier-t |
aufwachen | auf-ge-wach-t |
What is the conjugation for DU?
Werden Conjugation
Subject | Present Tense | Präteritum (simple German past tense) |
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du | wirst | wurdest |
er/sie/es | wird | wurde |
wir | werden | wurden |
ihr | werdet | wurdet |
How do you conjugate empfehlen?
Verb conjugation of “empfehlen” in German
- ich empfehle. du empfiehlst.
- er empfahl. wir haben empfohlen.
- ihr werdet empfehlen.
- sie würden empfehlen.
How do you use Passieren?
Examples for passieren: “Was ist passiert?” – “What happened?” “Mir ist ein Missgeschick passiert.” – “A mishap happened to me.” “Der Unfall passierte am Sonntag.” – “The accident happened on Sunday.”
How do you conjugate bleiben?

Verb forms in Participle of bleiben
- ich bliebe (1st PersonSingular)
- du bliebest (2nd PersonSingular)
- er bliebt (3rd PersonSingular)
- wir blieben (1st PersonPlural)
- ihr bliebt (2nd PersonPlural)
- sie blieben (3rd PersonPlural)
What is the past tense in German?
The simple past tense endings are: -te (ich, er/sie/es), -test (du), -tet (ihr), and -ten (Sie, wir, sie [pl.]). Unlike English, the past tense ending is not always the same: I played = ich spielte, we played = wir spielten.
Was were in German?
Conjugation of the Verb “Sein” – Simple Past Tense (Imperfekt)
wir waren | we were |
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ihr wart | you were (as in: you guys were) |
sie waren | they were |
How do you use lernen in a sentence?
A very simple sentence using the verb lernen is: Ich lerne Deutsch. I am learning German. All very straight-forward so far!
What is the simple past tense of essen?
aß
Simple Past Tense – Imperfekt
ich aß | I ate |
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wir aßen | we ate |
ihr aßt | you (guys) ate |
sie aßen | they ate |
Sie aßen | you ate |
Does Passieren take Sein?
Verbs like ‘blieben’ (to stay), ‘passieren’ (to happen) and ‘sein’ itself all take ‘sein’ because they do not affect anything else in the sentence directly (i.e. without using a preposition).
Does geben take dative?
Also, geben is always followed by the dative case. Ich will es nicht. I don’t want it. ‘It’ is the object of the verb wollen, so must be accusative.
What is the past tense of bleiben?
The Past Participle of the German verb bleiben
Past Participle | |
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geblieben | stayed |
Does bleiben use haben or sein?
There are three important verbs that do not fit into the intransitive verb rule and have to use sein as the auxiliary verb: bleiben (to stay), werden (to become) and sein (to be). They do not express movement but they must take sein.
What is the difference between verstehen and Verstand?
Basic forms are versteht, verstand and hat verstanden. The stem vowels are e – a – a. The auxiliary verb of verstehen is haben. Verb verstehen can be used reflexivly.
What is the conjugation of the verb Verstehen?
The conjugation of the verb verstehen is irregular. Basic forms are versteht, verstand and hat verstanden. The stem vowels are e – a – a. The auxiliary verb of verstehen is haben. Verb verstehen can be used reflexivly . Prefix ver- of verstehen is not separable. The flection is in Active and the use as Main.
How do you use Verstehen reflexively?
Verb verstehen can be used reflexivly. Prefix ver- of verstehen is not separable. The flection is in Active and the use as Main. For a better understanding, countless examples of the verb verstehen are available.