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Illustration of the A1 German word “lernen”, which translates to “to learn”. The Karate Kid 'wax on, wax off': a teenage boy circles his palm on a car's gleaming bonnet, brow knotted in grumpy concentration; an old master beside him, arms folded, looks calm.

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

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lernen

to learn

/ˈlɛʁnən/

Conjugation

Principal parts

lernen, lernte, hat gelernt

ich lerne
du lernst
er/sie/es lernt
wir lernen
ihr lernt
sie/Sie lernen

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Examples — lernen in a sentence

Wir lernen jeden Tag Deutsch.

We learn German every day.

Sie lernt schnell neue Wörter.

She learns new words quickly.

How to remember it

"Lernen" — learn and grow.

Word family

lernen family · 10 related words

  • erlernen acquire / learn
  • verlernen Coming soon to unlearn, to forget how Shifted meaning
  • kennenlernen to get to know Shifted meaning
  • dazulernen Coming soon to learn more, to pick up
  • weiterlernen Coming soon to keep learning
  • Lerner Coming soon learner
  • das Lernziel learning goal
  • der Lernplan study plan
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