{"id":93809,"date":"2023-09-22T01:11:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T05:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/learn\/german-present-perfect\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T05:14:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T10:14:59","slug":"german-present-perfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/german\/german-present-perfect\/","title":{"rendered":"The German Present Perfect Tense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re struggling to perfect the <strong>German present perfect tense<\/strong>, or if you&#8217;ve just been avoiding it, this guide will set you on track to grammatical success. Strictly speaking, the present perfect tense doesn&#8217;t exist in German, with the closest equivalent being <em>das Perfekt<\/em> (the perfect tense).<\/p>\n<p>Essentially, the German present perfect tense <strong>refers to a past event or action that has been completed<\/strong>, unlike the English present perfect tense which refers to an event that started in the past and continues (or might continue) in the present.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, <em>das Perfekt <\/em>and its closest English counterpart have a similar construction, containing an auxiliary verb and a past participle. Let&#8217;s find out more about forming the <em>das Perfekt<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>[fluentu-toc]<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>1. Choose Between <em>Haben<\/em> or <em>Sein<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>In German, you either use\u00a0<em><strong>haben <\/strong><\/em>(to have) or\u00a0<em><strong>sein <\/strong><\/em>(to be) as your auxiliary verbs. For <em>das Perfekt, <\/em>you need to know <a href=\"https:\/\/wisc.pb.unizin.org\/readinggerman\/chapter\/verbs-haben-and-sein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how to conjugate these two in the present tense<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Generally, <strong><em>haben <\/em>is used to form a <em>Perfekt <\/em>sentence.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, there are a couple of cases where you use <em>sein<\/em> instead:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>When the past participle is a verb of movement like\u00a0<em>gehen<\/em> (to go) and\u00a0<em>fahren<\/em> (to travel): <\/strong>For example, you&#8217;d say <em>&#8220;Ich <strong>bin<\/strong> nach Amerika <strong>gefahren&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> (I went to America) or <em>&#8220;Wir <strong>sind<\/strong> ins Supermarkt <strong>gegangen<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/em> (We went to the supermarket.) Here, you can see that <em>bin<\/em> (am) and\u00a0<em>sind<\/em> (are) both come from the verb\u00a0<em>sein<\/em>, rather than\u00a0<em>haben<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>T<\/strong><strong>o signify a change of condition: <\/strong>For example, you&#8217;d say\u00a0<em>&#8220;Sie <strong>ist<\/strong> leztes Jahr <strong>gestorben<\/strong>.&#8221; <\/em>(She died last year.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Keep the above in mind, and you&#8217;ve almost nailed the auxiliary verb part of the <em>Perfekt\u00a0<\/em>equation!<\/p>\n<p>I say &#8220;almost,&#8221; because there are two important exceptions to remember.<\/p>\n<h3><em>Bleiben<\/em> and <em>Sein<\/em>: Non-movement Verbs That Use the Auxiliary Verb <em>Sein<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Despite not signifying movement or a change of state, the verbs <em>bleiben<\/em> and <em>sein<\/em> use <strong><em>sein<\/em><\/strong> as their auxiliary verb in the present perfect tense. They also have irregular past participles.<\/p>\n<p>To wit:<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-3065555\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-3065555\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Non-movement Verb<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Past Participle Form<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Example Sentence<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">English Translation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong><em>bleiben<\/em><\/strong> (to stay)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><em>geblieben<\/em><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><em>\"Ich <strong>bin<\/strong> in einem Hotel <strong>geblieben<\/strong>.\"<\/em><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">I stayed in a hotel.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong><em>sein<\/em><\/strong> (to be)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><em>gewesen<\/em><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><em>\"Sie <strong>ist<\/strong> seit gestern krank <strong>gewesen<\/strong>.\"<\/em><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">She has been sick since yesterday.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-3065555 from cache -->\n<p>Notice how the past participle form of <em>bleiben<\/em> changes the order of the vowels and doesn&#8217;t gain a <em>-t<\/em> or lose the <em>-en<\/em>. Meanwhile, <em>sein <\/em>becomes completely unrecognizable!<\/p>\n<p>This is a lot to take in at once, but\u00a0<em>kein Stress<\/em> (no stress)!<\/p>\n<p>When you see these verbs in an online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/german\/best-german-english-dictionary-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dictionary<\/a>, they&#8217;re usually marked with an asterisk or a similar punctuation mark. If you&#8217;re having no luck with a dictionary, you can also check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/german\/sein-german\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this helpful article<\/a>\u00a0that explains when to use\u00a0<em>sein<\/em> in the German present perfect tense.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Create the Past Participle According to the Type of Verb<\/h2>\n<p>Now that you know how to conjugate the auxiliary verb in <em>das<\/em> <em>Perfekt<\/em>, let&#8217;s move on to conjugating the past participle of the verb following the auxiliary verb. As you&#8217;ll see below, the specific conjugation rules depend on what type of verb you&#8217;re using.<\/p>\n<h3>Regular Verbs<\/h3>\n<p>For regular verbs, the German past participle is easy to form. All you need to do is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Add <em>ge-<\/em> to the beginning of the infinitive verb. <\/strong>For example,\u00a0<em>kaufen <\/em>(to buy) becomes <em><strong>ge<\/strong>kaufen<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Take <em>-en<\/em> off the end of the infinitive verb. <\/strong><em>Gekaufen <\/em>now becomes <em>gekauf.<\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Replace <em>-en<\/em>\u00a0with a\u00a0<em>-t<\/em>. <\/strong>Finally, <em>gekauf<\/em> becomes <em>gekauf<strong>t<\/strong>, <\/em>which is the <em>Perfekt<\/em> form of <em>kaufen<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s use\u00a0<em>gekauft <\/em>in a sentence:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"> <em>&#8220;Ich habe das Kleid <strong>gekauft<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/em> (I have bought the dress.)<\/p>\n<p>You can see that, following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/german\/german-sentence-structure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TeKaMoLo rule<\/a> <em>(Temporal, Kausal, Modal, Lokal<\/em>\u2014the rule that governs the order of German adverbial phrases in a sentence), <strong>the auxiliary verb always goes in the second position.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The only exception to this rule would be a sentence with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/german\/german-subordinating-conjunctions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subordinating conjunction<\/a> like <em>weil<\/em> (because), which would send the verb to the end.<\/p>\n<h3>Strong Verbs<\/h3>\n<p>Strong verbs are verbs that are irregular in their past participle form.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>They&#8217;re bound to get on your nerves from time to time!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how their past participle is formed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Keep the <em>-en <\/em>of the infinitive<em>. <\/em><\/strong>Also, don&#8217;t add a <em>-t <\/em>at the end.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Change the stem. <\/strong>The stems of strong verbs (the part of the infinitive before the <em>-en<\/em>) also change, often by changing or rearranging the vowels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A few examples you&#8217;re likely to use every day include:<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-3075555\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-3075555\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Strong Verb<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">English Translation<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Past Participle Form<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>gehen<\/em><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">to go<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong><em>gegangen<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>finden<\/em><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">to find<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong><em>gefunden<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>schreiben<\/em><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">to write<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong><em>geschrieben<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-3075555 from cache -->\n<p>While you&#8217;ll ultimately have to memorize these annoying irregular verbs, don&#8217;t try to fit them all into your brain at once! Most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/german\/learn-best-german-textbooks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">German textbooks<\/a> have a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dartmouth.edu\/~deutsch\/Grammatik\/Verbs\/StrongVerbs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">list of strong verbs<\/a> you can consult if you&#8217;re ever unsure.<\/p>\n<h3>Mixed Verbs<\/h3>\n<p>As their name implies, these verbs are a mix of strong and weak verbs.<\/p>\n<p>When forming the past participle of a mixed verb, you need to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Change the <em>-en<\/em> of the infinitive to\u00a0<em>-t<\/em>.<\/strong> This is similar to what you do with regular, weak verbs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Change the stem. <\/strong>Just like those of strong verbs, mixed verbs&#8217; stems change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some common examples include:<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-3085555\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-3085555\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Weak Verb<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">English Translation<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Past Participle Form<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>bringen<\/em><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">to bring<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong><em>gebracht<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>wissen<\/em><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">to know<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong><em>gewusst<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-3085555 from cache -->\n<p>Again like strong verbs, you&#8217;ll simply have to do your best to memorize these irregular verbs, and check a dictionary if you&#8217;re not sure about the spelling!<\/p>\n<p>You can get more practice with the different types of German verbs by seeing how they&#8217;re used in context by native speakers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FluentU<\/strong> takes authentic videos\u2014like music videos, movie trailers, news and inspiring talks\u2014and turns them into personalized language learning lessons.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>You can try FluentU for free for 2 weeks. 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For example, when you add <em>auf<\/em> to\u00a0<em>h\u00f6ren <\/em>(to hear), it becomes <em>aufh\u00f6ren<\/em>, which means &#8220;to stop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To form the past participle of a separable verb, you need to <strong>add the\u00a0<em>ge-<\/em> between the prefix and the verb.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This might sound more complicated than it is, so here are a couple of examples to help you visualize the rule:<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-3095555\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-3095555\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Separable Verb<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">English Translation<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Past Participle Form<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>aufh\u00f6ren<\/em><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">to stop<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong><em>aufgeh\u00f6rt<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>anrufen<\/em><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">to call<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong><em>angerufen\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-3095555 from cache -->\n<p>See? It&#8217;s not that tricky!<\/p>\n<h3>Inseparable Verbs<\/h3>\n<p>Inseparable verbs are also a little confusing in the present perfect tense, as some <strong>do not have a\u00a0<em>ge-<\/em><\/strong> in their past participle form. This is usually the case with verbs that start with <strong><em>be-<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><em>ver-<\/em> <\/strong>and<em> <strong>miss-<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Some examples of these irregular verbs include:<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-3105555\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-3105555\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Inseparable Verb<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">English Translation<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Past Participle Form<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>missbrauchen<\/em><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">to misuse<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong><em>missbraucht<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>verkaufen<\/em><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">to sell<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong><em>verkauft<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-3105555 from cache -->\n<p>As you can see, these verbs keep the\u00a0<em>-t<\/em> in their past participle forms like the weak, regular verbs, so you just need to remember not to add a\u00a0<em>ge-<\/em>!<\/p>\n<h3>Verbs Ending in<em> -ieren<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Finally, you need to be careful with verbs that end in\u00a0<em>-ieren<\/em>. Like some inseparable verbs, <strong>these change the\u00a0<em>-en<\/em> to a\u00a0<em>-t<\/em> in their past participle forms, but don&#8217;t have a <em>ge-<\/em> at the beginning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For example,\u00a0<em>studieren<\/em> (to study) simply changes to <strong><em>studiert<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Do your best to memorize as many of these as possible, but remember: there&#8217;s always a dictionary or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/german\/best-german-translation-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a> at your disposal if you get stuck!<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Now you know all there is to know about the German present perfect tense!<\/p>\n<p>This tense catches a lot of German learners off guard, but don&#8217;t worry. Consulting this guide will help you become a present perfect ninja in no time.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a whole host of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/german\/online-german-lessons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online German tutorials<\/a> to help you fully grasp the German present perfect tense. It&#8217;s just a matter of challenging yourself, learning to be disciplined and forcing yourself to practice!.<\/p>\n<p>Another way to practice is to make\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/german\/german-flashcards-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flashcards<\/a> for all of the strong and weak verbs. Regular use of these cards will help this sticky, irregular tense stick in your brain in no time.<\/p>\n<p>Also, remember to keep <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/german\/learn-spoken-german\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speaking<\/a>! The more you use irregular verbs, the faster you&#8217;ll pick them up. Keep up those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/german\/beginner-german-conversation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conversations<\/a> if you want to be the master of <em>das Perfekt.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>And One More Thing...<\/h2>\r\n<p>\r\nWant to know the key to learning German effectively?\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nIt's using the right content and tools, <strong><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/try\/april-sale-3331\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">like FluentU has to offer<\/a><\/strong>! 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