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GERMAN VERB

versuchen

to try

  • #51 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: versucht

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use versuchen

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

  1. Present

    Ich versuche es morgen noch einmal.

    I'll try again tomorrow.

  2. Simple past

    Er versuchte, sie zu erreichen, aber vergeblich.

    He tried to reach her, but in vain.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du schon versucht, das Handy neu zu starten?

    Have you tried restarting the phone?

  4. Future

    Ich werde versuchen, früher zu kommen.

    I'll try to come earlier.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde es mal mit dem anderen Schlüssel versuchen.

    I'd try it with the other key.

  6. Imperative

    Versuch es einfach, du schaffst das.

    Just try, you can do it.

Good to know

  • Versuchen is to try to do something; probieren is to try food or clothes.

Where you hear versuchen

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

German · Beginner Level 1

  • Ich kann es versuchen. I can try.
  • Ich habe es versucht. I tried.
  • Am Sonntag versuche ich es noch einmal. On Sunday I'll try again.
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Beginner Level 1 · Ich kann es versuchen.

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