VOCABULARY EXPANSION WITH IEREN VERBS German has many

VOCABULARY EXPANSION WITH -IEREN VERBS

German has many verbs that end in –ieren. They offer an easy way for German students with Latin-based language roots to expand their vocabulary because MANY (not all) of these –ieren verbs have related Latin-based verbs in other languages. In English, for example, some of these verbs end in –ate. Example: kollaborieren kollabor / ieren collaborate What are the equivalent English verbs for the following –ieren verbs? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. dominieren operieren delegieren tolerieren renovieren detonieren spekulieren demonstrieren

Many of the German –ieren verbs have the same root as an English verb and can be easily recognized if you cut off the –ieren part in German. You may have to make a minor change (e. g. , k c). Example: dividieren divid / ieren to divide What are the equivalent English verbs for the following –ieren verbs? 1. patentieren 2. addieren 3. trainieren 4. protestieren 5. explodieren 6. produzieren 7. existieren 8. deklarieren 9. konservieren 10. reduzieren

Almost all of the German –ieren verbs are regular in their conjugation and form the past participle by adding –t to the stem, without –ge in front (e. g. , kopieren hat kopiert). Please note: “verlieren” und “frieren” are not true –ieren verbs. They are irregular!! Example: diskutieren / diskutierte (simple past) / hat diskutiert What are the simple past and past participle forms of the following German –ieren verbs? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. garantieren probieren reparieren informieren gratulieren studieren marschieren (comes with “sein”) reagieren