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Irregular

to become

Infinitivwerden
Prateritumwurde
Perfektist geworden
seincompletely irregular
Practice
Modal

can / to be able to

Infinitivkönnen
Prateritumkonnte
Perfekthat gekonnt
habenmodal
Practice
Modal

must / to have to

Infinitivmüssen
Prateritummusste
Perfekthat gemusst
habenmodal
Practice
Modal

should / to be supposed to

Infinitivsollen
Prateritumsollte
Perfekthat gesollt
habenmodal
Practice
Modal

to want

Infinitivwollen
Prateritumwollte
Perfekthat gewollt
habenmodal
Practice
Modal

may / to be allowed to

Infinitivdürfen
Prateritumdurfte
Perfekthat gedurft
habenmodal
Practice
Regular

to make / to do

Practice
Irregular

to go

Infinitivgehen
Prateritumging
Perfektist gegangen
seine → i → a
Practice
Irregular

to come

Infinitivkommen
Prateritumkam
Perfektist gekommen
seino → a → o
Practice
Regular

to say

Practice
Irregular

to give

Infinitivgeben
Prateritumgab
Perfekthat gegeben
habene → a → e
Practice
Irregular

to take

Infinitivnehmen
Prateritumnahm
Perfekthat genommen
habene → a → o
Practice
Irregular

to find

Infinitivfinden
Prateritumfand
Perfekthat gefunden
habeni → a → u
Practice
Irregular

to think

Infinitivdenken
Prateritumdachte
Perfekthat gedacht
habene → a → a
Practice
Irregular

to know (a fact)

Infinitivwissen
Prateritumwusste
Perfekthat gewusst
habeni → u → u
Practice
Irregular

to see

Infinitivsehen
Prateritumsah
Perfekthat gesehen
habene → a → e
Practice
Irregular

to be called

Infinitivheißen
Prateritumhieß
Perfekthat geheißen
habenei → ie → ei
Practice
Irregular

to drive / to travel

Infinitivfahren
Prateritumfuhr
Perfektist gefahren
seina → u → a
Practice
Regular

to work

Practice
Regular

to need

Practice
Irregular

to speak

Infinitivsprechen
Prateritumsprach
Perfekthat gesprochen
habene → a → o
Practice
Irregular

to eat

Infinitivessen
Prateritum
Perfekthat gegessen
habene → a → e
Practice
Irregular

to drink

Infinitivtrinken
Prateritumtrank
Perfekthat getrunken
habeni → a → u
Practice
Irregular

to sleep

Infinitivschlafen
Prateritumschlief
Perfekthat geschlafen
habena → ie → a
Practice
Regular

to buy

Practice
Regular

to play

Practice
Irregular

to read

Infinitivlesen
Prateritumlas
Perfekthat gelesen
habene → a → e
Practice
Irregular

to write

Infinitivschreiben
Prateritumschrieb
Perfekthat geschrieben
habenei → ie → ie
Practice