Before you start
Meet drängen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Forms
How drängen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | dränge | drängte |
| du | drängst | drängtest |
| er/sie/es | drängt | drängte |
| wir | drängen | drängten |
| ihr | drängt | drängtet |
| Sie | drängen | drängten |
Partizip II gedrängt · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Die Leute drängen zur Tür.The people are pushing toward the door.crowd pushes forward
- 2Er hat mich gestern gedrängt, sofort zu gehen.He pressured me yesterday to leave immediately.Perfekt with haben
- 3Ich gehe nicht, weil er mich drängt.I’m not going because he is pressuring me.verb at the end after weil
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
drängen + der Bus
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Say that people are pushing onto the bus.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The crowddie Menge pushed him toward the doordie Tür.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When the busder Bus arrived, everyone pushed forwardnach vorn.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She insisted on a quickschnell answerdie Antwort because she was in a hurryes eilig.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The mander Mann who pushed me in the shopdas Geschäft apologizedsich entschuldigen.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
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You mustn’t push the childrendas Kind, die Kinder to eat so quicklyschnell.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
He urged me to callanrufen his motherdie Mutter.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Would you pressure him to choosewählen todayheute?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
drängen + der Chef + dass
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Include a dass-clause with its verb at the end.
- 3Say that the boss is urging us to start today.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
When do you feel pressured to do something?
Your challenge
- 1Answer the question in one sentence.
- 2Use a wenn-clause.
- 3Use drängen in a natural form.