German common verbs game
Eighteen verbs in the infinitive, including the four modals können, wollen, müssen and möchten. The modals are what let you build a sentence out of the verbs you have not learned yet.
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All seven games run on this set. Grid Hack fits it well, because German infinitives almost all end in -en and the shared ending makes the stems easier to see.
The 18 words you will practise
| German | English | Say it like |
|---|---|---|
| sein | to be | zyne |
| haben | to have | HAH-ben |
| gehen | to go | GAY-en |
| kommen | to come | KOM-men |
| machen | to do, to make | MAKH-en |
| sagen | to say | ZAH-gen |
| sehen | to see | ZAY-en |
| sprechen | to speak | SHPRE-khen |
| essen | to eat | ES-sen |
| trinken | to drink | TRIN-ken |
| arbeiten | to work | AR-by-ten |
| wohnen | to live somewhere | VOH-nen |
| heißen | to be called | HY-sen |
| können | can, to be able to | KURN-nen |
| wollen | to want to | VOL-len |
| müssen | must, to have to | MUUS-sen |
| möchten | would like | MURKH-ten |
| wissen | to know a fact | VIS-sen |
Want the explanations rather than the drill? Read the German common verbs lesson.
7 games run on this set
- Sky Rescue: 10 rounds
- Pop Quiz: 10 rounds
- Kraken Escape: 48 rounds
- Warp Run: 10 rounds
- Flooded Hold: 6 rounds
- Grid Hack: 6 rounds
- The Vault: 14 rounds
Questions
Is möchten really an infinitive?
Not strictly. It is a form of mögen and behaves like its own verb in everyday German, which is why it sits with the modals here. Ich möchte is the polite I would like, and you will use it far more often than mögen itself.
Are these conjugated?
No. The games use the infinitive, the form you would find in a dictionary. Conjugation is a lesson topic; this is a vocabulary drill.
Wissen or kennen?
Wissen is knowing a fact, kennen is knowing a person or a place. Only wissen is in this set. English uses one verb for both, which is why the split has to be learned rather than guessed.
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