German
Conjugate VerbsFacts
- Language: German
- Alternate names: Deutsch, Tedesco
- Language code: deu
- Language family: Indo-European, Classical Indo-European, Germanic, Northwest Germanic, West Germanic, High German, Upper German, Middle-Modern High German, Modern High German, Upper Franconian, Global German
- Dialects: Texas German, Namibian Black German, Launa-Deutsch, High Prussian, Belgranodeutsch, Zarz.
- Number of speakers: 95392978
- Script: Latin script
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Introduction
German Language Periods
- Old High German is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally covering the period from around 500 to 1050 CE.
- Middle High German is the term used for the period in the history of the German language between 1050 and 1350.
- Modern German is the language spoken today.
The German language is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. German is closely related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. Around the world, German is spoken by ~100 million native speakers and also ~30 million non-native speakers, and Standard German is widely taught in schools and universities in Europe.
The verb
Standard German verbs inflect into:
- one of two conjugation classes, weak and strong (like English).
- three persons: 1st, 2nd, 3rd.
- two numbers: singular and plural
- three moods: Indicative, Subjunctive, Imperative
- two genera verbus: active and passive; the passive being composed and dividable into static and dynamic.
- two non-composed tenses (Present, Preterite) and four composed tenses (Perfect, Pluperfect, Future I, Future II)
Spelling Reform
The German Spelling Reform in 1999 had the following impact on the verbs:
- Many verbs formerly compound are now separate
- 'ß' is replaced by 'ss' after short vowels.
| Traditional German | Revised German |
|---|---|
| kennenlernen | kennen lernen |
| schwerfallen | schwer fallen |
| ich esse, du ißt, er/sie/es ißt | ich esse, du isst, er/sie/es isst |
| ich aß, du aßest, er/sie/es aß | ich aß, du aßest, er/sie/es aß |
Verbix German verb conjugation supports both ways of spelling the verbs.
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References
- Griesbach et al. 4000 deutsche Verben. Max Hueber Verlag. Donauwörth, 1991.
- Esterle. 8000 verbes allemands. Hatier. Paris, 1997.
- Bescherelle Allemand les verbes. Librairie Hatier. Paris, 2008.
- Helbig -- Buscha. Deutsche Grammatik. Leipzig, 1986.
- Engelien. Grammatik der neuhochdeutschen Sprache. Verlag von Wilhelm Schultze. Berlin, 1892. [PDF]
- Briod & Stadler. Les Verbes Allemands conjugués. Payot. Lausanne, 1998.