Before you start
Meet bergen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
All 3 meanings
- to recover, salvage, rescue; with regard to living beings this can mean dead or alive, for the latter retten is the normal word
- (higher register) to contain, hold, shelter, conceal
- (nautical) to take in, shorten (a sail)
Forms
How bergen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | berge | barg |
| du | birgst | bargst |
| er/sie/es | birgt | barg |
| wir | bergen | bargen |
| ihr | bergt | bargt |
| Sie | bergen | bargen |
Partizip II geborgen · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Die Feuerwehr birgt den Mann aus dem Auto.The fire department rescues the man from the car.rescue in present tense
- 2Sie haben das Boot aus dem Wasser geborgen.They recovered the boat from the water.Perfekt with haben
- 3Ich glaube, dass der Plan ein Risiko birgt.I think that the plan involves a risk.verb at the end after dass