German Irregular Verbs

• These are irregular verbs in German.
• Each verb is presented in its infinitive, simple past, and past participle forms, along with its German translation

Irregular Verb Examples

• be, was/were, been: translates to "sein" in German.
• beat, beat, beaten: means "schlagen".
• become, became, become: means "werden".
• begin, began, begun: translates to "beginnen".
• bite, bit, bitten: corresponds to "beißen".
• bring, brought, brought: translates to "bringen".
• buy, bought, bought: is "kaufen".
• catch, caught, caught: means "fangen".
• come, came, come: translates to "kommen".
• cost, cost, cost: means "kosten".
• cut, cut, cut: corresponds to "schneiden".
• do, did, done: means "tun; machen".
• drink, drank, drunk: translates to "trinken".
• drive, drove, driven: means "fahren".
• eat, ate, eaten: translates to "essen".
• fall, fell, fallen: means "fallen".
• feed, fed, fed: translates to "füttern".
• feel, felt, felt: corresponds to "fühlen."
• find, found, found: means "finden".
• fly, flew, flown: translates to "fliegen".
• forget, forgot, forgotten: means "vergessen".
• get, got, gotten/got (UK/US): means "bekommen; holen; werden".
• give, gave, given: translates to "geben".
• go, went, gone: means "gehen".
• grow, grew, grown: translates to "wachsen".
• have, had, had: means "haben".
• hear, heard, heard: means "hören".
• hide, hid, hidden: corresponds to "verstecken."
• hurt, hurt, hurt: means "verletzen".
• keep, kept, kept: translates to "behalten".
• know, knew, known: means "wissen; kennen".
• leave, left, left: translates to "verlassen; abfahren".
• lose, lost, lost: corresponds to "verlieren."
• make, made, made: means "machen; bedeuten".
• mean, meant, meant: means "(bedeuten; meinen)".
• shine, shone, shone: translates to "scheinen".
• show, showed, shown: means "zeigen".
• sing, sang, sung: translates to "singen".
• sit, sat, sat: corresponds to "sitzen".
• sleep, slept, slept: means "schlafen".
• speak, spoke, spoken: translates to "sprechen".
• spend, spent, spent: means "(Geld) ausgeben; (Zeit) verbringen".
• swim, swam, swum: translates to "schwimmen".
• take, took, taken: means "(Zeit) brauchen; dauern; nehmen".
• teach, taught, taught: translates to "lehren; unterrichten".
• tell, told, told: means "erzählen; sagen".
• think, thought, thought: translates to "denken".
• throw, threw, thrown: means "werfen".
• understand, understood, understood: translates to "verstehen".
• wake, woke, woken: means "wecken".
• wear, wore, worn: translates to "tragen (Kleidung)".
• win, won, won: means "gewinnen".
• write, wrote, written: translates to "schreiben".