How to Use Separable Prefix Verbs (trennbare Verben) in German

Learn how to use the separable prefix verbs in German (also known as “trennbare Verben”) with this German grammar lesson. In this video I explain when to separate the prefix from a German verb and when not to. I also show you a list of the separable and inseparable prefixes. You will learn how these separable verbs work and how to use a variety of separable verbs in German through a ton of example sentences. You will also learn how the separable and inseparable prefixes change the meanings of the verbs. To skip to a particular verb, look to the timestamps down below.
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0:00 Introduction
1:04 What are prefixes?
2:20 List of Separable Prefixes
2:43 Rule #1 - Prefix at the End
4:20 Rule #2 - Infinitives Written Together
5:35 Rule #3 - Infinitival Clauses “zu” in the Middle
6:11 Rule #4 - Past Participles “ge-” in the Middle
7:45 Rule #5 - Subordinate Clauses Prefix Connected
8:26 Rules Recap
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[@fatahhicham4275]

You re my favorite teacher

[@sambitdas2509]

Great video, thank you for putting so much effort.

[@juanmo2135]

Muy buen video.

[@rajdeepmukherjee815]

Great lesson but I am unbale to find the exercises pdf.

[@the_tax_consultant]

These are so similar to phrasal verbs in English!

[@Aloyz3n]

I know this video is one year old but I still got a question,
Is there a situation where something else has a priority to go to the end of the sentence? like "[...] [verb] [...] [prefix] [ something else]"
I mean, I bet there are such circumstances but what are they? or maybe it's never the case i don't know

[@MrLAntrim]

Sort of. You can add another clause to the end after the prefix, but the prefix will be the last word of that clause.
For example: Er lädt deine Mutter ein, weil er sie mag. - He invited your mother, because he likes her.
Er lädt deine Mutter ein um dich zu ärgern. - He invited your mother in order to annoy you.

[@Aloyz3n]

@@MrLAntrim interesting, thank you very much

[@fhz3062]

-- "Wir müssen zusammenarbeiten, deswegen arbeiten wir zusammen."
++ Aber ... zusammen|arbeiten ist trennbar, oder?
-- Wir stellen keine Frage darüber.
++ Einverstanden. :(

[@thelonetiger]

Honestly..I lost track and got confused. Would have been great if this was explained visually than just talking. Nothing is helpful😭😭😭

[@geegeeuk7]

Why the American flag, there is no American language?

[@MrLAntrim]

My accent is American. I am an American. The vocabulary I use is American English. If I put a British flag someone would complain when I say pants instead of trousers or the fact that I use coffee in all of my examples and almost never mention tea.
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[@kaavyabanerjee]

you are too fast to comprehend.

[@MrLAntrim]

I have a tendency to do that while speaking English, but I try to make a conscious effort to slow down in German. My newer videos are definitely better in that regard. If it helps, CZcams allows you to slow the video down in the settings to 0.75 or 0.5 speed with little or no loss in the audio quality. Try that.