Other tenses

Expand your knowledge of German grammar by learning many new tenses, their irregular forms and how to use them.

 
  • The future

    Wir werden nach Berlin fliegen.

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  • The perfect of regular verbs

    gekauft, gemacht, gelacht ...

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  • The perfect of irregular verbs (1)

    gekommen, gefahren, gerufen ...

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  • The auxiliary verb "haben" and the perfect

    ich habe gesehen, du hast gesehen ...

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  • The auxiliary verb "sein" and the perfect

    ich bin gegangen, du bist gegangen...

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  • The perfect of irregular verbs (2)

    gesprochen, geblieben, gefunden...

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  • The irregular verb "halten" and its compound verbs

    halten, anhalten, behalten, festhalten

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  • The preterite of regular verbs

    ich machte, du machtest, er machte...

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  • The preterite of "haben" and "sein"

    ich hatte, ich war ...

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  • A few irregular preterites

    ich kam, ich blieb, ich fuhr...

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  • Review: Regular verbs in German

    kaufen, kaufte, gekauft...

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  • The "Präteritum" of modal verbs

    Wir mussten die Wohnung putzen.

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  • The "Passiv" (1)

    Here you'll learn: wird produziert, wurde gegründet…

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  • The "Passiv" (2)

    Here you'll learn: Der Blinde wird von einem Blindenhund geführt.

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