geben
to give
The 28th most frequent word in German, appearing about 3,272 times per million words.
- Type
- verb
- Frequency rank
- #28
- Per million words
- 3,272
In a sentence
Gib mir bitte das Buch.Please give me the book.
Conjugation
Present tense of geben, plus the forms you need to talk about the past.
| ich — I | gebe |
|---|---|
| du — you | gibst |
| er/sie/es — he / she / it | gibt |
| wir — we | geben |
| ihr — you (plural) | gebt |
| sie — they | geben |
| Perfect | hat gegeben |
| Simple past | gab |
Forms its perfect tense with haben.
geben 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:
- sollen should, ought to
- können can, to be able to
- müssen must, to have to
- kommen to come
- haben to have
- gehen to go
Practise this word
geben is in the free trainer along with the rest of the list — flashcards, multiple choice, listening practice and spaced review. No account needed.