Before you start
Meet begegnen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
All 4 meanings
- meet, to encounter, to come across [with dative ‘someone/something’]
- to face, to confront [with dative ‘someone/something’]
- to counter, to respond to [with dative ‘fate,danger, etc.’]
- to handle [with dative ‘bad news, bad prospects, etc.’]
Forms
How begegnen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | begegne | begegnete |
| du | begegnest | begegnetest |
| er/sie/es | begegnet | begegnete |
| wir | begegnen | begegneten |
| ihr | begegnet | begegnetet |
| Sie | begegnen | begegneten |
Partizip II begegnet · Perfekt with sein
Three examples
- 1Ich begegne ihm oft im Park.I often meet him in the park.present tense
- 2Wir sind gestern einem alten Freund begegnet.We ran into an old friend yesterday.Perfekt with sein
- 3Sie sagt, dass sie ihrem Nachbarn begegnet.She says that she meets her neighbor.verb at the end after dass