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Verb 34 of 100 · Regular · Perfekt with haben

Leben conjugation.

leben means “live” or “be alive”.

lebt · lebte · hat gelebt

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

lebenlive; be alive
PersonPresentPräteritumPerfekt
ichlebelebtehabe gelebt
dulebstlebtesthast gelebt
er/sie/eslebtlebtehat gelebt
wirlebenlebtenhaben gelebt
ihrlebtlebtethabt gelebt
sie/Sielebenlebtenhaben gelebt

In sentences

Leben in use.

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

  • Wie lange lebst du schon hier?

    How long have you lived here?

  • Meine Familie lebt in Berlin.

    My family lives in Berlin.

  • Mein Opa hat lange in Paris gelebt.

    My grandpa lived in Paris for a long time.

  • Er lebt allein.

    He lives alone.

  • Wir leben ständig über unsere Verhältnisse.

    We're constantly living beyond our means.

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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.