Activities for Ein neues Jahr

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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 15 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

TermMeaningP of SContext
anfangento begin, startirreg verbfängt
baldsoon, shortly; almost, nearly; earlyadvbald
beliebtpopularadjbeliebt
besorgento get, acquire; attend, see to; take care of, look afterreg verbbesorgen
draußenoutside, outdoors; out there; abroadadvdraußen
Erde (pl Erden)earth, world; ground; soilfem nounErden
Erlebnis (pl Erlebnisse)experience, adventureneut nounErlebnissen
fortaway, goneadvfort
geborgensafe, secure, protectedadjgeborgen
möglichpossibleadjmöglich,
Ort (pl Orte)place, location; town, communitymasc nounOrt
treffento hit, strike; hurt; affect; meet, find; reach; makeirreg verbtreffen
verstehenunderstand; hearirreg verbversteht
wieder malonce again, yet againWieder
zurückback, behind, backwardadvzurück

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
SingularPlural
First personich binwir sind
Second persondu bistihr seid
Third personer/sie/es istsie sind

werden: to get, become – wir, sie, Sie
SingularPlural
First personich werdewir werden
Second persondu wirstihr werdet
Third personer/sie/es wirdsie werden

geben:to give, to be (exist); hand, pass; present, bestow – er, sie, es
SingularPlural
First personich gebewir geben
Second persondu gibstihr gebt
Third personer/sie/es gibtsie geben

anfangen: to begin, start – er, sie, es
SingularPlural
First personich fange … anwir fangen … an
Second persondu fängst … anihr fangt … an
Third personer/sie/es fängt … ansie fangen … an

haben: to have; own; suffer from
SingularPlural
First personich habewir haben
Second persondu hastihr habt
Third personer/sie/es hatsie haben

sollen: should, ought to – wir, sie, Sie
SingularPlural
First personich sollwir sollen
Second persondu sollstihr sollt
Third personer/sie/es sollsie sollen

wollen: to want
SingularPlural
First personich willwir wollen
Second persondu willstihr wollt
Third personer/sie/es willsie wollen

dürfen: to be allowed, be permitted – wir, sie, Sie
SingularPlural
First personich darfwir dürfen
Second persondu darfstihr dürft
Third personer/sie/es darfsie dürfen