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The meaning of the German word "lernen" and how you use it

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lernen
(verb) (Infinitive) to learn
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Er will Deutsch lernen .
He wants to learn German.
Die Lehrer müssen viele Namen lernen .
The teachers have to learn lots of names.
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What Is Typically German?
Zuerst muss ich Deutsch lernen
First I have to learn German
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Ich möchte alles lernen über alles .
I would like to learn everything about everything.
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Aber ich glaub' eher nicht , dass ich heute noch produktiv lernen kann ,
I don't think that I can't study productively again today though,
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lernen
(verb) (present) (wir / sie / Sie) to learn
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Die Kinder lernen Deutsch .
The children are learning German.
Wir lernen viel in der Schule .
We learn a lot at (the) school.
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Why Are So Many Learning German?
Warum lernen Sie Deutsch ?
Why do you learn German?
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Auch wenn es im Labor kein Spielzeug gibt , lernen Melissa und ihre Freundinnen ,
Even if there's no toy in the lab, Melissa and her female friends learn
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Was lernen Sie aus diesem Experiment ?
What do you learn from this experiment?
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Lernen
(noun) (neut.) (sing.) studying Unlike English, German has no present continuous form (when verbs have the -ing ending: to swim → swimming) . In English, we often use this -ing form to refer to the action in a general sense, eg: Smoking is banned. Instead of this, in German you just turn the verb into a noun by capitalizing the infinitive, called the "nominalized infinitive", eg; rauchen → Rauchen: Rauchen tötet (Smoking kills). · These forms are always neuter (das Rauchen). · You'll often see these noun forms paired with prepositions like "zu" when explaining the method, purpose or result of an action (eg; Ich höre Musik zum Einschlafen. → I listen to music to fall asleep.) or "bei" to refer to the time when the action happens (Ich höre Musik beim Lesen → I listen to music whilst reading).
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Zum Lernen gehe ich in den Garten .
I go into the garden to study.
Ich war nie gut beim Lernen .
I was never good at studying.
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Deutsch Lernen .
Learning German.
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Aber tatsächlich galt das Lernen in der Antike , noch als etwas Angenehmes ,
But actually, learning was still considered something enjoyable in ancient times,
Why Is School Boring?
wie zum Beispiel dem Lernen .
like, for example, to learning.
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lernen...kennen
(separable prefix verb) (present) (wir / sie / Sie) to get to know; to meet
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Wir lernen einander gerade kennen .
We're just getting to know one another.
Die Kinder lernen einander in der Schule kennen .
The kids meet one another at school.
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lernen...sich...kennen
(separable prefix verb) (present) (sie) to get to know one another
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Sie lernen sich nach einer Woche richtig kennen .
They really get to know one another after a week.
Sie lernen sich dadurch nicht kennen .
They won't get to know each other through that.
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