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Frida probt das Lied jeden Abend vor dem Spiegel. Frida rehearses the song in front of the mirror every evening.

verb · B1

proben

[ˈpʁoːbm̩]

to rehearse

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es probt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es probte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat geprobt 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 probeprobtehabe geprobt
du probstprobtesthast geprobt
er/sie/es probtprobtehat geprobt
wir probenprobtenhaben geprobt
ihr probtprobtethabt geprobt
sie/Sie probenprobtenhaben geprobt
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 geprobtwerde probenwerde geprobt haben
du hattest geprobtwirst probenwirst geprobt haben
er/sie/es hatte geprobtwird probenwird geprobt haben
wir hatten geprobtwerden probenwerden geprobt haben
ihr hattet geprobtwerdet probenwerdet geprobt haben
sie/Sie hatten geprobtwerden probenwerden geprobt 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 probte
du probtest
er/sie/es probte
wir probten
ihr probtet
sie/Sie probten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du prob!
ihr probt!
Sie proben Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

prob root en ending

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

Word family

die Probeprobierendie Chorprobe

In Otti's situations: Frida sings in a choir

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