Before you start
Meet glauben
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
All 4 meanings
- (transitive) to believe something (to consider true)
- (intransitive) to believe in (to think something exists, or have confidence in someone’s ability) [with an (+ accusative) ‘someone/something’]
- (transitive or intransitive) to believe (to trust in someone's statement) [with dative ‘someone’ (optional) and accusative ‘something’]
- (intransitive) to think, to believe [with clause or dass (+ clause) or zu (+ infinitive) ‘that ...’]
Forms
How glauben changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | glaube | glaubte |
| du | glaubst | glaubtest |
| er/sie/es | glaubt | glaubte |
| wir | glauben | glaubten |
| ihr | glaubt | glaubtet |
| Sie | glauben | glaubten |
Partizip II geglaubt · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Ich glaube dir.I believe you.believe someone
- 2Sie hat die Geschichte geglaubt.She believed the story.Perfekt with haben
- 3Ich glaube, dass er heute kommt.I believe that he is coming today.verb before dass-clause