Activities for Die Guten Zeiten
Practice some of the vocabulary from this song and its irregular verbs using these flashcards, games and exercises.
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Activities
Vocabulary Excercises
We have chosen 20 terms out of this song’s lyrics to form our vocabulary list, which can be found below. You can use the following activities to learn and practice this vocabulary.
Vocabulary Flashcards – Learn the vocabulary from this song with our sets of German to English and English to German flashcards, then test yourself with our interactive flashcards.
Vocabulary Games – Practice the vocabulary for this song using our memory and matching games and our word search puzzle.
Vocabulary Exercises – Fill in the missing vocabulary with drag and drop and fill in the blanks exercises.
Grammar Exercises
This song really didn’t provide anything to practice other than a handful of verbs that are irregular in the present tense. Full conjugations of these irregular verbs can be found below. You can use the following activities to learn and practice them. Please note, we have not included irregular verbs that do not have irregularities in the present tense.
Irregular Verb Flashcards – Practice the irregular verbs in this song with our sets of German to English and English to German flashcards, then test yourself with our interactive flashcards.
Irregular Verb Games – Practice the irregular verbs in this song using our memory and matching games.
Irregular Verb Exercises – Practice the irregular verbs in this song using our drag and drop, fill in, and highlighting exercises.
Resources
Vocabulary List
Term | Meaning | P of S | Context |
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bereuen | to regret, repent | reg verb | bereu’ |
Frieden (pl Frieden) | peace; tranquillity; peace agreement | masc noun | Frieden |
gleich | same; equal | adj | gleichen |
halten | catch, hold; stop; hold up, support; keep, maintain; adhere to, follow | irreg verb | halten |
lenken | to guide, direct, influence; steer | reg verb | lenken |
Moment (pl Momente) | moment | masc noun | Momenten |
schlafen | to sleep, stay (overnight) | irreg verb | schlafe |
Schnee (no pl) | snow | masc noun | Schnee |
Spur (pl Spuren) | track, trace, sign, trail; lane | fem noun | Spur’n |
treffen | to hit, strike; hurt; affect; meet, find; reach; make | irreg verb | Treff’ |
vergessen | to forget; to leave behind | irreg verb | vergisst |
versäumen | to miss, lose; neglect; delay, hold up | reg verb | versäumt |
viel | much, a lot | adv | viel |
Zeit (pl Zeiten) | time; time of day; moment; period, era | fem noun | Zeiten |
Zukunft (no pl) | future | fem noun | Zukunft |
Irregular Verb Conjugations
The following charts show the full conjugations of the present tense of the irregular verbs found in this song.
sein: to be
Singular | Plural | |
First person | ich bin | wir sind |
Second person | du bist | ihr seid |
Third person | er/sie/es ist | sie sind |
treffen: to hit, strike; hurt; affect; meet, find; reach; make
Singular | Plural | |
First person | ich treffe | wir treffen |
Second person | du triffst | ihr trefft |
Third person | er/sie/es trifft | sie treffen |
schlafen: to sleep, stay (overnight)
Singular | Plural | |
First person | ich schlafe | wir schlafen |
Second person | du schläfst | ihr schlaft |
Third person | er/sie/es schläft | sie schlafen |
wissen: to know; be aware of
Singular | Plural | |
First person | ich weiß | wir wissen |
Second person | du weißt | ihr wisst |
Third person | er/sie/es weiß | sie wissen |
vergessen: to forget; to leave behind
Singular | Plural | |
First person | ich vergesse | wir vergessen |
Second person | du vergisst | ihr vergesst |
Third person | er/sie/es vergisst | sie vergessen |
laufen: to run, walk; work, function, operate; pass, go by
Singular | Plural | |
First person | ich laufe | wir laufen |
Second person | du läufst | ihr lauft |
Third person | er/sie/es läuft | sie laufen |
haben: to have; own; suffer from
Singular | Plural | |
First person | ich habe | wir haben |
Second person | du hast | ihr habt |
Third person | er/sie/es hat | sie haben |
wollen: to want
Singular | Plural | |
First person | ich will | wir wollen |
Second person | du willst | ihr wollt |
Third person | er/sie/es will | sie wollen |
können: be able to, know how to; be allowed to
Singular | Plural | |
First person | ich kann | wir können |
Second person | du kannst | ihr könnt |
Third person | er/sie/es kann | sie können |