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Verb 14 of 100 · Irregular · Perfekt with sein

Fahren conjugation.

fahren means “drive”, “travel” or “ride”.

fährt · fuhr · ist gefahren

The present, the Präteritum and the Perfekt in the third person. The chart has all six persons.

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With a direct object, the Perfekt takes haben: hat gefahren.

In sentences

Fahren in use.

The 3 sentences the course uses for fahren, each with its recording.

  • Wir fahren am Freitag nach München.

    We are driving to Munich on Friday.

  • Wenn ich nach Hamburg muss, fahre ich lieber die längere Strecke.

    When I have to go to Hamburg, I'd rather drive the longer route.

  • Er stieg auf sein Fahrrad und fuhr weg.

    He got on his bicycle and rode away.

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In the course, you learn fahren in a lesson, review it on a schedule, and practice its forms once you know it.

The forms and sentences come from the Wortplay course. Its vocabulary draws on the Ding dictionary and on frequency data from wordfreq; audio is generated German speech. About the sources.