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Verb 24 of 100 · Modal verb · Perfekt with haben

Können conjugation.

können means “can” or “be able to”.

kann · konnte · hat gekonnt

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

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With another verb, the Perfekt takes the infinitive in place of the participle: Er hat kommen können. In speech the Präteritum is the usual past: Er konnte kommen.

In sentences

Können in use.

The 5 sentences the course uses for können, each with its recording.

  • Aber wie kann das sein?

    But how can that be?

  • Gestern konnte ich nicht schlafen.

    Yesterday I could not sleep.

  • Kannst du mir helfen?

    Can you help me?

  • Wann können Sie liefern?

    When can you deliver?

  • Ich kann gut schwimmen.

    I can swim well.

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In the course, you learn können 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.