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Illustration of the A1 German word “glauben”, which translates to “to believe”. The X-Files: a man in a trench coat stands in a dark cornfield, torch pointed up at a huge glowing flying saucer, eyes wide, mouth open in awestruck belief.

glauben is part of German verbs A1–B1 and Goethe A1 vocabulary.

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glauben

to believe

/ˈɡlaʊ̯bn̩/

Conjugation

Principal parts

glauben, glaubte, hat geglaubt

ich glaube
du glaubst
er/sie/es glaubt
wir glauben
ihr glaubt
sie/Sie glauben

Practice "glauben"

glauben — Perfekt — sie/Sie →

Examples — glauben in a sentence

Ich glaube, du schaffst das.

I believe you can do it.

Wir glauben, es ist wahr.

We believe it is true.

How to remember it

"Glauben" — glow with belief.

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