How to conjugate a verb in German

How to conjugate a verb in German

You want to learn how to conjugate German verbs? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short German lessons complete with useful examples. I speak, you speak, we all speak... we make learning German verbs fun.

German verb conjugation: I

Verbs are used to describe actions. German verbs are conjugated for each person. The conjugation consists of an ending placed on the verb stem. For the first person singular, German verbs typically use the ending '-e'.

Examples

Ich will schlafen
I want to sleep
ich kenne
I know
ich mag
I like
ich stecke
I put
Ich kenne den Mann
I know the man
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Verbs are used to describe actions. There are 1000's of verbs that you can learn in German. A good approach would be to start out by learning just three German verbs by heart. We suggest you learn the German verbs sehen, wollen and mögen (see, want, like). Using the nouns Buch, Stuhl and Tür (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use each verb with each noun (I want the book, you see the chair, they like the door etc.). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about German verbs including useful examples. After you've learned using the three verbs sehen, wollen and mögen by heart you can move on to Step 9 (German possessive pronouns).

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