52 German Verb Patterns: The Easy Way to Learn How Verbs Change

Update: 2025-12-04

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Get the FREE Verbs Guide Part 2: You can download the PDF with all the simple verb groups and practice activities from this episode here: https://bettergerman.info/verbs2

In this episode, Susi shares her proven method for mastering these verbs without stress. You’ll discover patterns and groups — like how “a” changes to “ä” in some words — so they stop feeling like tricky exceptions. Focus on the most common verbs for daily conversation and start speaking German more confidently and naturally.

Listen until the end for a small preview of Episode 53, where you will learn useful German words for talking about food at a restaurant!

Key Topics 🔎 German Irregular Verbs

Learning the Easy Way: Why German verbs are simpler than many books make them seem.
How Many Verbs to Learn?: The small number of verbs you truly need for daily German conversations.
Find the Groups: A simple method for grouping verbs to learn them faster.
Easy Vowel Changes: Understanding the small but important changes like ‘a’ to ‘ä' and 'e’ to ‘i’.
Speak Now: Why the present tense is the most important tense to start with.
Practical Use: Focus only on the grammar you need for speaking, not complicated rules.
Practice Time: Pronunciation and verb change practice for verbs like fahren and sprechen.
Free Verbs PDF Guide Part 2 for this episode to follow along and practice.
What's Next: A preview of the next episode's useful restaurant vocabulary.

Mentioned Episodes (all episodes can be found at bettergerman.info/# of the episode)

Ep 45: Learn German Verbs The Easy Way (Going over the Regular Forms)

Ep 49: "Sie" – She, They, It or You? Finally Learn the Difference

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You might find this helpful: our Verbs Practice PDF Part 1 with simple examples and exercises. It walks you through the most important present-tense verbs.
Also check out our free PDF guide on “Sie”
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