Before you start
Meet verdanken
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Forms
How verdanken changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | verdanke | verdankte |
| du | verdankst | verdanktest |
| er/sie/es | verdankt | verdankte |
| wir | verdanken | verdankten |
| ihr | verdankt | verdanktet |
| Sie | verdanken | verdankten |
Partizip II verdankt · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Ich verdanke dir viel.I owe you a lot.present tense
- 2Sie hat ihrem Lehrer den Erfolg verdankt.She owed her success to her teacher.Perfekt with haben
- 3Ich bin froh, weil ich dir viel verdanke.I’m glad because I owe you a lot.verb at the end after weil
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
verdanken + der Erfolg + meine Schwester
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Say who you owe your success to.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I owed her my successder Erfolg.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When I got my first jobdie Stelle, I owed it to my friendder Freund.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I owe him a lotviel because he helped me.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The womandie Frau who helped us is the person I owe my jobder Job · die Stelle (work) to.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
We can thank her for the goodgut ideadie Idee.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I seem to owe my goodgut gradedie Note to her helpdie Hilfe.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Who do you owe your newneu cardas Auto to?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
verdanken + dass + der Erfolg
Your challenge
- 1Start with a dass-clause and put its verb at the end.
- 2Put the main-clause verb before its subject.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
Who do you owe something important to? Answer in one German sentence.
Your challenge
- 1Answer with one sentence using verdanken.
- 2Say who you owe something important to.