Conjugation of irregular verbs (strong verbs) in German
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Find a teacherIn German there are approximately 200 irregular verbs (also called strong verbs), many of which are part of the basic German vocabulary. When a strong verb is conjugated the vowel of its word stem is changed. There are three different possibilities:
See the conjugation of them in the next chapters.
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In the present tense a vowel change only happens in the 2. and 3. person singular. In plural the conjugation is identical with those of regular verbs.
Personal form | helfen (to help) |
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ich (I) | helfe |
du (you) | hilfst |
er/sie/es (he/she/it) | hilft |
wir (we) | helfen |
ihr (you (pl.)) | helft |
sie/Sie (they) | helfen |
The following verbs have a vowel change from e to i:
Personal form | sehen (to see) |
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ich (I) | sehe |
du (you) | siehst |
er/sie/es (he/she/it) | sieht |
wir (we) | sehen |
ihr (you (pl.)) | seht |
sie/Sie (they) | sehen |
The following verbs have a vowel change from e to ie:
Personal form | fahren (to drive) |
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ich | fahre |
du | fährst |
er/sie/es | fährt |
wir | fahren |
ihr | fahrt |
sie/Sie | fahren |
The following verbs have a vowel change from a to ä:
In the following chapters you can see the conjugations of the most important German irregular verbs
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