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 77 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 |
| ich bin | I am | ikh bin |
| du bist | you are, one person you know | doo bist |
| er, sie, es ist | he, she, it is | air, zee, es ist |
| wir sind | we are | veer zint |
| ihr seid | you are, several people you know | eer zyte |
| sie sind, Sie sind | they are; you are, formal | zee zint |
| ich habe | I have | ikh HAH-buh |
| du hast | you have | doo hast |
| er, sie, es hat | he, she, it has | air hat |
| wir haben | we have | veer HAH-ben |
| ihr habt | you have, plural | eer hahpt |
| sie haben, Sie haben | they have; you have, formal | zee HAH-ben |
| ich wohne | I live | ikh VOH-nuh |
| du wohnst | you live | doo vohnst |
| er, sie, es wohnt | he, she, it lives | air vohnt |
| wir wohnen | we live | veer VOH-nen |
| ihr wohnt | you live, plural | eer vohnt |
| sie wohnen, Sie wohnen | they live; you live, formal | zee VOH-nen |
| geben | to give | GAY-ben |
| nehmen | to take | NAY-men |
| lesen | to read | LAY-zen |
| fahren | to drive, to travel | FAH-ren |
| schlafen | to sleep | SHLAH-fen |
| laufen | to run, to walk | LOW-fen |
| aufstehen | to get up | OWF-shtay-en |
| anrufen | to call, on the phone | AN-roo-fen |
| einkaufen | to shop, to buy groceries | INE-kow-fen |
| anfangen | to begin | AN-fang-en |
| aufhören | to stop | OWF-hur-ren |
| mitkommen | to come along | MIT-kom-men |
| fernsehen | to watch television | FERN-zay-en |
| ausgehen | to go out | OWS-gay-en |
| zurückkommen | to come back | tsoo-RUUK-kom-men |
| helfen | to help | HEL-fen |
| danken | to thank | DAN-ken |
| gefallen | to please, to be liked | guh-FAL-len |
| gehören | to belong to | guh-HUR-ren |
| antworten | to answer someone | ANT-vor-ten |
| folgen | to follow | FOL-gen |
| warten auf | to wait for | VAR-ten owf |
| denken an | to think of | DEN-ken an |
| sich freuen auf | to look forward to | zikh FROY-en owf |
| sprechen über | to talk about | SHPREKH-en UU-ber |
| sich interessieren für | to be interested in | zikh in-ter-es-SEE-ren fuur |
| Angst haben vor | to be afraid of | ANGST HAH-ben for |
| fragen nach | to ask about, to ask for | FRAH-gen nakh |
| werden | to become; also forms the future | VAIR-den |
| bleiben | to stay | BLY-ben |
| bringen | to bring | BRING-en |
| bekommen | to get, to receive | buh-KOM-men |
| glauben | to believe, to think | GLOW-ben |
| verstehen | to understand | fair-SHTAY-en |
| zeigen | to show | TSY-gen |
| versuchen | to try | fair-ZOO-khen |
| erklären | to explain | air-KLAIR-en |
| vergessen | to forget | fair-GES-sen |
| bezahlen | to pay | buh-TSAH-len |
| bedeuten | to mean | buh-DOY-ten |
| passieren | to happen | pas-SEE-ren |
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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