Activities for Wenn ich wein
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
There are several verbs that are irregular in the present tense in this song. Full conjugations of these irregular verbs can be found below. You can use the following activities to learn and practice these verbs. 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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ab jetzt | from now on | ab jetzt | |
anfangen | to begin, start | irreg verb | fängst |
auf und ab | up and down, back and forth | auf und ab | |
bleiben | stay, remain | irreg verb | bleib |
brauchen | to need, require; have to; use; use up, consume | reg verb | brauchst |
glauben | to believe, think, guess | reg verb | glaub |
glücklich | lucky, fortunate; happy | adj | glücklich |
kapieren | to understand | reg verb | kapiert |
knacken | to crack, break into; snap, creak | reg verb | geknackt |
knallen | to bang, slam; explode; ring out; crack, pop | reg verb | knall’n |
lügen | to lie | irreg verb | lügt |
niemals | never | adv | niemals |
schlafen | to sleep, stay (overnight) | irreg verb | schläfst |
schlimm | bad; naughty; awful, terrible | adj | schlimm |
Tag (pl Tage) | day; daytime | masc noun | Tag |
träumen | to dream | reg verb | träumst |
verliebt | in love, smitten | adj | verliebt |
vertrauen | to trust, have confidence in | reg verb | vertraust |
wissen | to know; be aware of | irreg verb | weiß, weißt |
Wohnung (pl Wohnungen) | apartment, flat | fem noun | Wohnung |
Irregular Verb Conjugations
The following charts show the full conjugations of the present tense of the irregular verbs found in this song.
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 |
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 |
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 |
werden: to get, become
Singular | Plural | |
First person | ich werde | wir werden |
Second person | du wirst | ihr werdet |
Third person | er/sie/es wird | sie werden |
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 |
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 |
fallen: to fall; trip, stumble, fall down; drop; decline; come into a situation
Singular | Plural | |
First person | ich falle | wir fallen |
Second person | du fällst | ihr fallt |
Third person | er/sie/es fällt | sie fallen |
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 |
sehen: to see, look at; watch; recognize; notice; meet; know
Singular | Plural | |
First person | ich sehe | wir sehen |
Second person | du siehst | ihr seht |
Third person | er/sie/es sieht | sie sehen |
anfangen: to begin, start
Singular | Plural | |
First person | ich fange … an | wir fangen … an |
Second person | du fängst … an | ihr fangt … an |
Third person | er/sie/es fängt … an | sie fangen … an |
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 |