German Verbs

6.3: German Verbs

I decided to place German verbs after German verb conjugation because I thought it would flow better. For some reason people tend to have a better understanding of all the verb types after they have seen the conjugation and separation of verbs.

We took a look at the conjugation of verbs and how to do that in the last lesson. For this lesson, I will be reviewing verb endings with you. There are singular and plural endings, just to keep things simple, as well as irregular verbs. But we will tackle that in a minute. First, let us review the singular verb endings.

Singular verbs deal with the status of one, obviously. In English, singular could mean him or her. The plural of that would be them. The same goes for German. Here are a few of the endings for verbs.

For the singular verbs, the endings include, "e", "st", and "t". For the plural verbs, the endings include, "en", and "t" respectively. What about irregular verbs? Do they not have a place in this language too? They most certainly do, and let me show you just what they are all about.

If we can quickly go back and recap what a verb stem is, we would know that it does not change. This is true for all regular verbs in German. The stem stays constant. The only addition is the verb ending, which is placed on the ending of course! This is not true for irregular verbs.

Irregular German verbs sometimes need to have the stem changed. In fact, many of the verbs in the German are known as "stem changing", so be prepared for the unexpected. Let's have a look at a couple examples of irregular verbs. Remember, as with anything, you will get the grasp of this with practice and only with practice will you master the basics. You will learn German, and have fun doing so!

You may be interested to know that there are 170 irregular verbs in the German language. That may seem a little daunting, but, what about English? There are 283 irregular verbs in English. Which languages have the least amount of irregular verbs? Well Chinese takes the cake with this one, as it only has 1 irregular verb. But their alphabet is crazy so we won't go there.

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