Infinitive (1^st form)

Past simple (2^nd form)

Past participle (3^rd form)

German

(to) be

(I)was, (you) were

been

sein

am is

was

been

sein

are

were

been

sein

beat

beat

beaten

schlagen, besiegen

become

became

become

werden

begin

began

begun

beginnen, anfangen

blow

blew

blown

blasen, wehen

break

broke

broken

(zer)brechen, kaputt ma.

bring

brought

brought

bringen

build

built

built

bauen

burn

burned/burnt

burned/burnt

(ver)brennen

buy

bought

bought

kaufen

catch

caught

caught

fangen

choose

chose

chosen

wählen

come

came

come

kommen

cost

cost

cost

kosten

cut

cut

cut

schneiden

dig

dug

dug

graben

do

did

done

tun

draw

drew

drawn

zeichnen

dream

dreamt/dreamed

dreamt/dreamed

träumen

drink

drank

drunk

trinken

drive

drove

driven

fahren

eat

ate

eaten

essen

fall

fell

fallen

fallen

feed

fed

fed

füttern

feel

felt

felt

fühlen

fight

fought

fought

(be)kämpfen

find

found

found

finden

fly

flew

flown

fliegen

forget

forgot

forgotten

vergessen

forgive

forgave

forgiven

vergeben

freeze

froze

frozen

frieren

get

got

got

bekommen

give

gave

given

geben; schenken

go

went

gone

gehen, fahren

grow

grew

grown

wachsen, anbauen

hang

hung

hung

(auf) hängen

have

had

had

haben

hear

heard

heard

hören

hide

hid

hidden

(sich)verstecken

hit

hit

hit

schlagen, treffen

hold

held

held

halten

hurt

hurt

hurt

verletzen, weh tun

keep

kept

kept

(be)halten, einhalten

know

knew

known

kennen; wissen; erkennen

lead

led

led

führen, leiten

learn

learnt (learned)

learnt (learned)

lernen

leave

left

left

weggehen, verlassen

lend

lent

lent

(ver- ,aus)leihen

let

let

let

(zu)lassen

lie

lay

lain

liegen

lose

lost

lost

verlieren

make

made

made

machen

mean

meant

meant

meinen, bedeuten

meet

met

met

(sich) treffen, kennenlernen

misunderstand

misunderstood

misunderstood

mißverstehen

overtake

overtook

overtaken

überholen

pay

paid

paid

(be)zahlen

put

put

put

stellen, setzen, legen

quit

quit

quit

aufhören

read

read

read

(vor)lesen

ride

rode

ridden

reiten, (Rad)fahren

ring

rang

rung

klingeln

rise

rose

risen

steigen

run

ran

run

rennen

say

said

said

sagen

see

saw

seen

sehen

sell

sold

sold

verkaufen

send

sent

sent

schicken, senden

set

set

set

stellen, setzen, legen

shake

shook

shaken

schütteln, zittern

shine

shone

shone

scheinen

shoot

shot

shot

(er)schießen

show

showed

shown

zeigen

shut

shut

shut

schließen

sing

sang

sung

singen

sink

sank

sunk

sinken

sit

sat

sat

sitzen

sleep

slept

slept

schlafen

smell

smelt

smelt

riechen

speak

spoke

spoken

sprechen

spell

spelt

spelt

buchstabieren

spend

spent

spent

verbringen, ausgeben (Geld)

split

split

split

spalten, teilen

spoil

spoilt

spoilt

verderben, verschandeln

spread

spread

spread

(sich) ausbreiten

stand

stood

stood

stehen

steal

stole

stolen

stehlen, klauen

swim

swam

swum

schwimmen

take (away)

took

taken

(mit)nehmen

teach

taught

taught

unterrichten, lehren

tell

told

told

sagen, nennen; erzählen

think

thought

thought

meinen, denken

throw

threw

thrown

werfen

understand

understood

understood

verstehen, begreifen

upset

upset

upset

verärgert

wake up

woke up

woken up

aufwachen, (auf) wecken

wear

wore

worn

(Kleidung) tragen

win

won

won

gewinnen

write

wrote

written

schreiben