Irregular Verbs
Irregular verbs are swines because you just have to learn them. Good luck!
(...and
don't forget MOST verbs are 'regular' - thank goodness!)
| Infinitive | Past Simple | Past Participle | German |
| be | was/were | been | sein |
| beat | beat | beaten | schlagen |
| become | became | become | werden |
| begin | began | begun | beginnen |
| bite | bit | bitten | beissen |
| blow | blew | blown | blasen |
| break | broke | broken | brechen |
| bring | brought | brought | bringen |
| build | built | built | bauen |
| buy | bought | bought | kaufen |
| can | could | been able | können |
| catch | caught | caught | fangen |
| choose | chose | chosen | wählen |
| come | came | come | kommen |
| cost | cost | cost | kosten |
| cut | cut | cut | schneiden |
| do | did | done | tun |
| draw | drew | drawn | zeichnen |
| drink | drank | drunk | trinken |
| drive | drove | driven | fahren |
| eat | ate | eaten | essen |
| fall | fell | fallen | fallen |
| feel | felt | felt | fühlen |
| fight | fought | fought | kämpfen |
| find | found | found | finden |
| fly | flew | flown | fliegen |
| forget | forgot | forgotten | vergessen |
| get | got | got | bekommen |
| give | gave | given | geben |
| go | went | gone | gehen |
| grow | grew | grown | wachsen |
| hang | hung | hung | hängen |
| have | had | had | haben |
| hear | heard | heard | hören |
| hide | hid | hidden | verstecken |
| hit | hit | hit | schlagen |
| hold | held | held | halten |
| hurt | hurt | hurt | wehtun |
| keep | kept | kept | behalten |
| know | knew | known | kennen |
| learn | learnt | learnt | lernen |
| leave | left | left | verlassen |
| lend | lent | lent | leihen |
| let | let | let | lassen |
| lie | lay | lain | liegen |
| light | lit | lit | erleuchten |
| lose | lost | lost | verlieren |
| make | made | made | machen |
| mean | meant | meant | bedeuten |
| meet | met | met | treffen |
| pay | paid | paid | zahlen |
| put | put | put | stellen |
| read | read | read | lesen |
| ride | rode | ridden | reiten |
| ring | rang | rung | klingen |
| rise | rose | risen | aufgehen |
| run | ran | run | laufen |
| say | said | said | sagen |
| see | saw | seen | sehen |
| sell | sold | sold | verkaufen |
| send | sent | sent | schicken |
| shine | shone | shone | scheinen |
| shoot | shot | shot | schiessen |
| show | showed | shown | zeigen |
| shut | shut | shut | schliessen |
| sing | sang | sung | singen |
| sit | sat | sat | sitzen |
| sleep | slept | slept | schlaffen |
| speak | spoke | spoken | sprechen |
| spend | spent | spent | ausgeben |
| stand | stood | stood | stehen |
| steal | stole | stolen | stehlen |
| swim | swam | swum | schwimmen |
| take | took | taken | nehmen |
| teach | taught | taught | lehren |
| tear | tore | torn | reissen |
| tell | told | told | erzählen |
| think | thought | thought | denken |
| throw | threw | thrown | werfen |
| understand | understood | understood | verstehen |
| wake | woke | woken | wachen |
| wear | wore | worn | tragen |
| win | won | won | gewinnen |
| write | wrote | written | schreiben |
The following verbs can be regular (-ed) or irregular (-t):
burn, burned or burnt
dream, dreamed or dreamt
learn, learned or learnt
smell, smelled or smelt
Last updated: 31.05.2006
©copyright: Phil Newton
2000-2006