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GERMAN VERB

verpassen

to miss, a train or a programme

  • #369 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: verpasst

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I miss
  2. du you miss
  3. er, sie, es he/she misses
  4. wir we miss
  5. ihr you all miss
  6. sie, Sie they miss

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I missed
  2. du you missed
  3. er, sie, es he/she missed
  4. wir we missed
  5. ihr you all missed
  6. sie, Sie they missed

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have missed
  2. du you have missed
  3. er, sie, es he/she has missed
  4. wir we have missed
  5. ihr you all have missed
  6. sie, Sie they have missed

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will miss
  2. du you will miss
  3. er, sie, es he/she will miss
  4. wir we will miss
  5. ihr you all will miss
  6. sie, Sie they will miss

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would miss
  2. du you would miss
  3. er, sie, es he/she would miss
  4. wir we would miss
  5. ihr you all would miss
  6. sie, Sie they would miss

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du miss!
  2. ihr miss! (all of you)
  3. Sie miss! (formal)

How to use verpassen

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Beeil dich, sonst verpassen wir den Zug!

    Hurry, or we'll miss the train!

  2. Simple past

    Ich verpasste den Anfang des Films um zehn Minuten.

    I missed the start of the film by ten minutes.

  3. Perfect

    Du hast gestern eine tolle Party verpasst.

    You missed a great party yesterday.

  4. Future

    Mit diesem Bus werden wir den Anschluss verpassen.

    With this bus we'll miss the connection.

  5. Conditional

    So ein Konzert würde ich nie verpassen.

    I'd never miss a concert like that.

  6. Imperative

    Verpass nicht die letzte Bahn nach Hause!

    Don't miss the last train home!

Good to know

  • Verpassen is to miss by being late or absent; vermissen is to miss someone you long for.

Where you hear verpassen

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

German · Fluency Level 1

  • Ich verpasse keine Sendung. I don't miss a programme.
  • Ich habe den Zug verpasst. I missed the train.
  • Morgen verpasst du nichts. Tomorrow you won't miss anything.
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The Hundredth Caller

Fluency Level 1 · Ich verpasse keine Sendung.

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