Skip to content
fluentbyear

GERMAN VERB

wissen

to know, a fact

  • #13 most used
  • Mixed verb
  • Past participle: gewusst

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

How to use wissen

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

  1. Present

    Weißt du, wann der Zug kommt?

    Do you know when the train comes?

  2. Simple past

    Ich wusste nicht, dass du hier wohnst.

    I didn't know you lived here.

  3. Perfect

    Das habe ich nicht gewusst, danke.

    I didn't know that, thanks.

  4. Future

    Morgen werden wir mehr wissen.

    Tomorrow we'll know more.

  5. Conditional

    Ich wüsste gern, wie spät es ist.

    I'd like to know what time it is.

Good to know

  • Wissen is to know a fact; kennen is to know a person or a place.
  • Ich weiß nicht, I don't know, is said all day long; weißt du was? is you know what?

Where you hear wissen

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

German · Beginner Level 1

  • Das weiß ich nicht. I don't know that.
  • Das habe ich nicht gewusst. I didn't know that.
  • Morgen weiß ich mehr. Tomorrow I'll know more.

German · Beginner Level 3

  • Das weiß ich nicht. I don't know that.
  • Das habe ich nicht gewusst. I didn't know that.
  • Morgen weiß ich mehr. Tomorrow I'll know more.

And 15 more lessons.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: mixed verb.