Connor Bartlam - The Complete A-Z of German Verbs

Connor Bartlam, a London-based Translator, graduated from The University of Manchester in June 2017 with a degree in Modern Foreign Languages, specialising in French and German. Working as a Freelance Translator for several years now, he is making large strides in the field of languages and, with his first book The Complete A-Z of German Verbs, hopes to facilitate the learning process for younger generations.

With his passion for languages sparked by his multilingual German grandmother who was evacuated to England during the war, he endeavoured to continue the family line and showed early promise, winning several academic awards for languages at his Secondary School in Snaresbrook.

However, from an early age, it became apparent that the learning resources available were fairly limited and at the age of 15, Connor started compiling a list of German verbs and their many meanings, continuing this process throughout Sixth Form and University.

With the publishing of his very first book, he hopes that fellow linguists from Secondary School to University and beyond will revel in the very same passion he enjoys so much. He hopes that this will be the first of many languages books to come and intends to produce similar works in French.

Dedication

Marie Bartlam (Grandmother)

1923-2008

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Acknowledgements

First and foremost, I would like to acknowledge the support and encouragement provided by my family during my years of study and their willingness to give me the very best education that they could possibly give. I would also like to express my gratitude to Forest School in Snaresbrook and to the University of Manchester for igniting and fueling my passion for foreign languages. A particular word of thanks to Jorge Cevallos for his assistance and advice in the design of the cover of this book.

Finally, I would like to thank the staff of Austin Macauley Publishers for their help in making this dream a reality and bringing this book to life.

Preface

This book is the result of many years of hard work and determination in the field of languages. I first started writing this book during my GCSEs and carried it forward throughout my time studying a Joint Modern Foreign Languages Degree in German and French. This book is a culmination of verbs learnt during my studies and will, I hope, act as a basis upon which other students can develop their knowledge of the German language. These verbs should help to form the backbone of written and spoken German aiding with a study of the language itself from GCSE onwards. For ease of use, the German verbs have been arranged in alphabetical order with the German verb on the left and the many possible English translations on the right.

How to form German verbs

Below you will find a table of regular German verb endings that correspond with each of the pronouns ich (I), du (you singular), er/sie/es (he/she/it), wir (we), ihr (you plural), Sie/sie (you formal/they).

In order to form the conjugation of the verb in the present tense, you remove the -en at the end of the infinitive and replace it with the endings from the below table e.g. machen becomes Ich mach e (I do). This is also the case with imperfect, with machen becoming mach te (I did/ was doing).

Pronoun	Present	Imperfect
Ich	-e	-te
Du	-st	-test
Er/sie/es	-t	-te
Wir	-en	-ten
Ihr	-t	-tet
Sie/sie	-en	-ten

Perfect/past tense (regular verbs)

In order to form this tense, you need:

Pronoun + present tense form of haben (to have/to be) + ge-infinitive minus -en ending+t

E.g machen becomes Ich habege mach t = I did/ have done

Irregular verbs take sein instead of haben and their infinitive forms (minus -en) are surrounded by ge- and -en. They must satisfy the following conditions:

1) they are intransitive

2) they indicate a change of position/movement or condition

E.g. gehen becomes Ich binge gang en = I went/ have gone

Future tense

In order to form this tense, you need:

Pronoun + present tense form of werden (will/ to become) + infinitive of verb

E.g. machen becomes Ich werde machen = I will do

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Abndern= to alter, amend, revise

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Der Student will das Thema ihres Aufsatzes abndern

The student wants to revise the topic of his essay

Abndern= to alter, amend, revise
Abarbeiten= to work off, handle, execute, slave away
Abbauen= to dismantle, reduce, break down
Abbeien= to bite off, snap off
Abbekommen= to get damaged, get hurt
Abberufen= to recall, dismiss
Abbestellen= to cancel, have disconnected
Abbezahlen= to pay off, redeem
Abbiegen= to turn off, bend, ward off
Abbinden= to untie, undo, ligature
Abblasen= to blow off, call off
Abblenden= to dip, dim headlights
Abblitzen= to be sent packing, told where to go
Abbrechen= to break off, stop, quit, abort
Abbrennen= to burn off, let off
Abbringen= to put sb. off, talk out of, dissuade from