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verb · A1

lernen

[ˈlɛʁnən]

to learn, to study

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es lernt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es lernte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gelernt The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich lernelerntehabe gelernt
du lernstlerntesthast gelernt
er/sie/es lerntlerntehat gelernt
wir lernenlerntenhaben gelernt
ihr lerntlerntethabt gelernt
sie/Sie lernenlerntenhaben gelernt
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte gelerntwerde lernenwerde gelernt haben
du hattest gelerntwirst lernenwirst gelernt haben
er/sie/es hatte gelerntwird lernenwird gelernt haben
wir hatten gelerntwerden lernenwerden gelernt haben
ihr hattet gelerntwerdet lernenwerdet gelernt haben
sie/Sie hatten gelerntwerden lernenwerden gelernt haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich lernte
du lerntest
er/sie/es lernte
wir lernten
ihr lerntet
sie/Sie lernten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde lernen.

Person Imperativ
du lern!
ihr lernt!
Sie lernen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

lern root en ending

-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

erlernenverlernen

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