Before you start
Meet gehören
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Verb family
Separable verbs built on gehören
Add a prefix to gehören and the meaning changes.
Forms
How gehören changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | gehöre | gehörte |
| du | gehörst | gehörtest |
| er/sie/es | gehört | gehörte |
| wir | gehören | gehörten |
| ihr | gehört | gehörtet |
| Sie | gehören | gehörten |
Partizip II gehört · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Das Buch gehört meiner Schwester.The book belongs to my sister.Present-tense main clause
- 2Das Fahrrad hat meinem Bruder gehört.The bicycle belonged to my brother.Perfekt with haben
- 3Ich weiß, dass der Hund dem Nachbarn gehört.I know that the dog belongs to the neighbor.Verb at the end after dass
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
gehören + das Fahrrad
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Say that it belongs to you.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The bookdas Buch, die Bücher belonged to him.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When we movedumziehen here, the housedas Haus, die Häuser belonged to my auntdie Tante, die Tanten.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The bikedas Fahrrad, die Fahrräder belongs to her because she boughtkaufen it yesterdaygestern.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The bagdie Tasche, die Taschen that belongs to them is in the kitchendie Küche, die Küchen.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
This roomdas Zimmer, die Zimmer should belong to the childrendas Kind, die Kinder.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I thinkdenken this keyder Schlüssel, die Schlüssel belongs to him.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Would this bookdas Buch, die Bücher belong to you?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
gehören + der Schlüssel + obwohl
Your challenge
- 1Use der Schlüssel as the subject.
- 2Add an obwohl-clause with its verb at the end.
- 3Use an accusative pronoun for the key in that clause.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
What everyday object belongs to you, and why is it important to you?
Your challenge
- 1Answer with one German sentence.
- 2Use gehören to name an object that belongs to you.
- 3Add a weil-clause explaining why it matters.