Before you start
Meet beziehen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Verb family
Separable verbs built on beziehen
Add a prefix to beziehen and the meaning changes.
Forms
How beziehen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | beziehe | bezog |
| du | beziehst | bezogst |
| er/sie/es | bezieht | bezog |
| wir | beziehen | bezogen |
| ihr | bezieht | bezogt |
| Sie | beziehen | bezogen |
Partizip II bezogen · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Ich beziehe mich auf deinen Brief.I am referring to your letter.reflexive verb with auf
- 2Wir haben gestern eine neue Wohnung bezogen.We moved into a new apartment yesterday.Perfekt with haben
- 3Sie sagt, dass sie Strom bezieht.She says that she gets electricity.verb at the end after dass
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
beziehen + die neue Wohnung
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Say that she moves into the apartment.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
We moved into it last monthletzten Monat.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When she got the letterder Brief, she referred to it in her answerdie Antwort.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
He receives a smallklein pensiondie Rente because he worked for many yearsviele Jahre.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The textder Text that she refers to is very oldalt.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
You can get the moneydas Geld from the officedas Amt tomorrowmorgen.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I would like to move into the apartmentdie Wohnung next weeknächste Woche.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
What does this worddas Wort refer to?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
beziehen + der Text + dass
Your challenge
- 1Start with a main clause expressing what you think.
- 2Add a dass-clause.
- 3Say what the text refers to.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
What kind of home would you like to move into?
Your challenge
- 1Answer in one German sentence.
- 2Use beziehen to say what kind of home you would like to move into.