Questions tagged [verb]

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Does the verb "möchten" exist?

I have often encountered the forms möchte, möchtest.... Does the verb möchten exist? Is it some special form of mögen or an independent verb?
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Verb "geeitet" in an old scientific text

I am looking for the modern version of this verb and its root "geeitet" from a text written in 1863. This came up while searching for an etymology of the name of an acid by a chemist called Adolf von Baeyer. It is thought that he called…
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"Stem-Changing Verbs" vs "Strong Verbs"

I want to know what is the relation between the two terms "Stem-Changing Verbs" and "Strong Verbs". Form what I understand there is a group of verbs that I called "Stem-Changing Verbs" which change their stem in the du and er/sie/es froms in the…
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Der Unterschied zwischen "festsetzen", "festlegen" and "feststellen"

These three verbs seem to mean pretty much the same thing (to set, or to determine, establish). I would like to know the precise difference between these verbs with examples if possible.
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Why don't we need "zu" in this sentence?

I saw this sentence in one of the Hueber books: Ich brauchte nur mein Zimmer in Ordnung halten. I want to know why we don't need "zu" before the verb "halten".
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Was ist die Grundbedeutung des Verbes „kündigen“?

Ich habe viele Verben mit kündigen gesehen. Beispielsweise: ankündigen, kündigen, aufkündigen, erkundigen, verkündigen Aber diese Verben haben keine einander ähnliche Bedeutung, ich verstehe die Beziehung zwischen diesen Verben nicht (obwohl sie…
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Does "wiederhören" really exist?

I know that wiedersehen exists together with its declination, but what about wiederhören? Does that verb really exist?
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verhindern, hindern, behindern - what's the difference?

What's the difference between verhindern, hindern, behindern - in dictionary they seem to have the same or very similar meaning?
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How to say that someone means a lot to you?

I'm writing an essay for German class and I was wondering how I would say that my friends mean a lot to me. I wrote "Sie (meine Freunde) bedeuten mir viel" but something about it just sounds...wrong. Is there a different/better way to phrase this in…
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Is "Möchte Sie" acceptable?

I've found these sentences in a book: "Möchte Sie Banknoten mit Bildern von Kaninchen?" and a couple of lines later: "Welche möchte Sie lieber - mit Bildern von Kaninchen oder von Hunden?" Is this correct? I would have expected "Möchten Sie". The…
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Regular verbs with irregular participle form as adjective

The verb verwirren is a regular verb, with past and perfect forms verwirrte, hat verwirrt However, the related form verworren is still in use as an adjective. Duden explains the etymology: verworren: Herkunft mittelhochdeutsch, althochdeutsch…
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verb "zugehen" in sentence definition

I was reading a news article about Sandro Wagner, a German footballer: Bei Wagners neuem Klub geht es ganz schön zu. I can roughly translate this as: At Wagner's new club, things are going well. I then decided to look at the definition of…
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What does "auf" mean in "aufsperren"?

"Sperren" means "lock". "Aufsperren" means "unlock". The "auf" here means to negate or "open" or something? Sorry, I am not sure if this is an appropriate question to ask. Because the answer could simply be that, "auf" means nothing and "aufsperren"…
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Should there be inversion?

Nach dem Aufstehen esse ich ein leckeres Frühstück. The thing is: I'm a bit concerned about "esse ich". Should it be so, or one doesn't need inversion here. And why?
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Der Fußball steht oder liegt?

I am not sure about which verb to choose between "der Fußball liegt/steht". The shape of the ball makes me confused. With for example Schere I would guess more easily that the right choice is liegen. What about these other examples? Are my…
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