Before you start
Meet fühlen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
All 5 meanings
- (transitive) to feel (a thing, sensation, emotion - a noun)
- (reflexive, copulative) to feel (somehow - an adjective)
- (ambitransitive) to touch so as to perceive something
- (intransitive, with nach) to feel for, to search by feeling
- (colloquial, perhaps regional) to touch (in general)
Forms
How fühlen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | fühle | fühlte |
| du | fühlst | fühltest |
| er/sie/es | fühlt | fühlte |
| wir | fühlen | fühlten |
| ihr | fühlt | fühltet |
| Sie | fühlen | fühlten |
Partizip II gefühlt · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Ich fühle mich heute müde.I feel tired today.feeling how you are
- 2Sie hat den Stoff gefühlt.She felt the fabric.Perfekt for touching
- 3Ich kann den Schmerz fühlen.I can feel the pain.infinitive after modal verb