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Meet verbrennen

Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.

All 5 meanings

  1. (transitive) to burn (to cause to be consumed by fire or flames), to incinerate, to combust [auxiliary haben]
  2. (transitive, reflexive, medicine) to burn oneself, to suffer a burning [auxiliary haben]
  3. (transitive, military) to scorch [auxiliary haben]
  4. (transitive, reflexive) to burn (to hurt the mouth by an overdose of spices) [auxiliary haben]
  5. (intransitive) to be burned [auxiliary sein]
Forms

How verbrennen changes

PronounPräsensPräteritum
ichverbrenneverbrannte
duverbrennstverbranntest
er/sie/esverbrenntverbrannte
wirverbrennenverbrannten
ihrverbrenntverbranntet
Sieverbrennenverbrannten

Partizip II verbrannt · Perfekt with haben

Three examples

  1. 1
    Das Feuer verbrennt das Holz.The fire burns the wood.present tense main clause
  2. 2
    Er hat sich die Hand verbrannt.He burned his hand.Perfekt with reflexive pronoun
  3. 3
    Das Papier kann schnell verbrennen.The paper can burn quickly.modal verb with infinitive

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