Activities for Wenn ich wein

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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 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

TermMeaningP of SContext
ab jetztfrom now onab jetzt
anfangento begin, startirreg verbfängst
auf und abup and down, back and forthauf und ab
bleibenstay, remainirreg verbbleib
brauchento need, require; have to; use; use up, consumereg verbbrauchst
glaubento believe, think, guessreg verbglaub
glücklichlucky, fortunate; happyadjglücklich
kapierento understandreg verbkapiert
knackento crack, break into; snap, creakreg verbgeknackt
knallento bang, slam; explode; ring out; crack, popreg verbknall’n
lügento lieirreg verblügt
niemalsneveradvniemals
schlafento sleep, stay (overnight)irreg verbschläfst
schlimmbad; naughty; awful, terribleadjschlimm
Tag (pl Tage)day; daytimemasc nounTag
träumento dreamreg verbträumst
verliebtin love, smittenadjverliebt
vertrauento trust, have confidence inreg verbvertraust
wissento know; be aware ofirreg verbweiß, weißt
Wohnung (pl Wohnungen)apartment, flatfem nounWohnung

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
SingularPlural
First personich laufewir laufen
Second persondu läufstihr lauft
Third personer/sie/es läuftsie laufen

wissen: to know; be aware of
SingularPlural
First personich weißwir wissen
Second persondu weißtihr wisst
Third personer/sie/es weißsie wissen

können: be able to, know how to; be allowed to
SingularPlural
First personich kannwir können
Second persondu kannstihr könnt
Third personer/sie/es kannsie können

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

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

schlafen: to sleep, stay (overnight)
SingularPlural
First personich schlafewir schlafen
Second persondu schläfstihr schlaft
Third personer/sie/es schläftsie schlafen

fallen: to fall; trip, stumble, fall down; drop; decline; come into a situation
SingularPlural
First personich fallewir fallen
Second persondu fällstihr fallt
Third personer/sie/es fälltsie fallen

sein: to be
SingularPlural
First personich binwir sind
Second persondu bistihr seid
Third personer/sie/es istsie sind

sehen: to see, look at; watch; recognize; notice; meet; know
SingularPlural
First personich sehewir sehen
Second persondu siehstihr seht
Third personer/sie/es siehtsie sehen

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

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