fernsehen
A2watch television
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- watch television
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fernsehen in a sentence
Lass uns heute Abend mal fernsehen.
Let's watch television this evening.
Conjugation of fernsehen
fernsehen is a separable verb — the prefix splits off and goes to the end of the clause.
- Simple past (er/sie/es)
- sah fern
- Perfect
- hat ferngesehen
Word family
fernsehen is built from sehen (to see). German builds meaning by welding words together, so knowing the parts usually gives you the whole.
Where fernsehen comes from
Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts als Übersetzung von englisch television gebildet
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Questions about fernsehen
How do you conjugate fernsehen?
Present tense: sehe fern, siehst fern, sieht fern, sehen fern, seht fern, sehen fern. Simple past: sah fern. Perfect: hat ferngesehen. fernsehen is a separable verb, so the prefix moves to the end of the clause.
What does fernsehen mean in English?
fernsehen means "watch television". For example: "Lass uns heute Abend mal fernsehen." — "Let's watch television this evening."
What level is fernsehen in German?
fernsehen is a A2 word — a2 — elementary. It belongs to the television & radio vocabulary.
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