Before you start
Meet senken
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Forms
How senken changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | senke | senkte |
| du | senkst | senktest |
| er/sie/es | senkt | senkte |
| wir | senken | senkten |
| ihr | senkt | senktet |
| Sie | senken | senkten |
Partizip II gesenkt · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Die Stadt senkt die Steuern.The city lowers taxes.lowering taxes
- 2Wir haben den Preis gesenkt.We lowered the price.Perfekt with haben
- 3Sie spricht leiser, weil sie die Stimme senkt.She speaks more quietly because she lowers her voice.verb at the end after weil
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
senken + die Musik
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Use die Musik as the object.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The priceder Preis was too highhoch, so they lowered it yesterday.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When it got coldkalt, we lowered the heatingdie Heizung.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She lowered the musicdie Musik because the babydas Baby was sleeping.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The machinedie Maschine has a buttonder Knopf that lowers the screender Bildschirm.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
You must lower your voicedie Stimme here.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
He lowered the priceder Preis to sellverkaufen the bikedas Fahrrad quicklyschnell.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Could you lower the temperaturedie Temperatur a littleein bisschen?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
senken + der Preis + obwohl
Your challenge
- 1Start with an obwohl-clause.
- 2Put the conjugated verb at the end of that clause.
- 3Continue with a main clause in the present tense.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
What would you lower at home to save money?
Your challenge
- 1Answer with würde and the target verb.
- 2Add an um … zu-phrase explaining why.