Before you start
Meet versichern
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
All 5 meanings
- to insure (to provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs)
- [with dative ‘someone’ and accusative ‘about something’]
- (accusative reflexive, higher register) [with genitive ‘about something’ or dass (+ clause) ‘that ...’]
- (higher register, dated, becoming archaic) [with accusative ‘someone’, along with genitive ‘about something’ or dass (+ clause) ‘that ...’]
- (higher register, dated, accusative reflexive) to take possession of, to secure [with genitive ‘something’]
Forms
How versichern changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | versichere | versicherte |
| du | versicherst | versichertest |
| er/sie/es | versichert | versicherte |
| wir | versichern | versicherten |
| ihr | versichert | versichertet |
| Sie | versichern | versicherten |
Partizip II versichert · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Die Firma versichert mein Auto.The company insures my car.present-tense main clause
- 2Er hat mir versichert, dass alles gut ist.He assured me that everything is fine.Perfekt for an assertion
- 3Sie sagt, dass die Firma mein Haus versichert.She says that the company insures my house.verb at the end after dass