fahren
to drive, to travel
Ranks #192 by frequency — outside the core hundred, but common in everyday life.
- Type
- verb
- Frequency rank
- #192
- Per million words
- 358
Used for travelling by vehicle. For going on foot use gehen.
In a sentence
Wir fahren nach Berlin.We are travelling to Berlin.
Conjugation
Present tense of fahren, plus the forms you need to talk about the past.
| ich — I | fahre |
|---|---|
| du — you | fährst |
| er/sie/es — he / she / it | fährt |
| wir — we | fahren |
| ihr — you (plural) | fahrt |
| sie — they | fahren |
| Perfect | ist gefahren |
| Simple past | fuhr |
Forms its perfect tense with sein.
fahren is a stem-changing verb: the vowel shifts in the du and er/sie/es forms. Those two are worth memorising separately.
Related words
Other words of the same kind, at nearby frequency:
Practise this word
fahren is in the free trainer along with the rest of the list — flashcards, multiple choice, listening practice and spaced review. No account needed.