Before you start
Meet fangen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
All 6 meanings
- (transitive) to catch (grab something flying in the air)
- (transitive) to catch; to capture (to take hold of a person or an animal)
- (reflexive) to improve in health; do well again; to do better
- (reflexive) to calm down; to compose oneself
- (colloquial, transitive, dative reflexive) to catch (a disease; something unpleasant)
- (colloquial, dative reflexive) to be slapped [with eine]
Forms
How fangen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | fange | fing |
| du | fängst | fingst |
| er/sie/es | fängt | fing |
| wir | fangen | fingen |
| ihr | fangt | fingt |
| Sie | fangen | fingen |
Partizip II gefangen · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Der Hund fängt den Ball.The dog catches the ball.present main clause
- 2Ich habe gestern einen Fisch gefangen.I caught a fish yesterday.Perfekt with haben
- 3Sie sagt, dass der Hund den Ball fängt.She says that the dog catches the ball.verb at the end after dass
Verb family
Separable verbs built on fangen
Add a prefix to fangen and the meaning changes.