Before you start
Meet gleiten
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Forms
How gleiten changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | gleite | glitt |
| du | gleitest | glittest |
| er/sie/es | gleitet | glitt |
| wir | gleiten | glitten |
| ihr | gleitet | glittet |
| Sie | gleiten | glitten |
Partizip II geglitten · Perfekt with sein
Three examples
- 1Das Kind gleitet über das Eis.The child glides across the ice.gliding on ice
- 2Der Schlitten ist den Hügel hinunter geglitten.The sled slid down the hill.Perfekt with sein
- 3Wenn das Boot gleitet, ist das Wasser ruhig.When the boat glides, the water is calm.verb at the end after wenn
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
gleiten + der Schlitten
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Say that it goes downhill.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She has glided across the icedas Eis.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When it snowed, we glided downhillbergab.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
He slipped because the floorder Boden was wetnass.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The childdas Kind who glided pastvorbei us was my sisterdie Schwester.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
You must glide slowlylangsam over the icedas Eis.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She wore warmwarm shoesder Schuh, die Schuhe to glide safelysicher on the snowder Schnee.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Did the boatdas Boot glide under the bridgedie Brücke?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
gleiten + obwohl
Your challenge
- 1Start with an obwohl-clause.
- 2Put its conjugated verb at the end.
- 3Say that the sled glided quickly downhill.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
Where would you like to glide?
Your challenge
- 1Answer in one German sentence.
- 2Use würde to say where you would like to glide.