Before you start
Meet tauchen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
All 2 meanings
- (intransitive) to dive
- (transitive, figuratively) to immerse, to bathe, to submerge
Forms
How tauchen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | tauche | tauchte |
| du | tauchst | tauchtest |
| er/sie/es | taucht | tauchte |
| wir | tauchen | tauchten |
| ihr | taucht | tauchtet |
| Sie | tauchen | tauchten |
Partizip II getaucht · Perfekt with sein
Three examples
- 1Ich tauche heute im See.I’m diving in the lake today.present main clause
- 2Wir sind gestern im See getaucht.We went diving in the lake yesterday.Perfekt with sein
- 3Sie möchte im Meer tauchen.She wants to dive in the sea.modal verb with infinitive
Verb family
Separable verbs built on tauchen
Add a prefix to tauchen and the meaning changes.