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This video is the lesson for German Separable Verbs — Why They Split in Two in the free A1 course — with the grammar written out, vocabulary and exercises.

Trennbare verben — how they work

What this video teaches

Learn how German separable verbs (trennbare Verben) work. Verbs like aufstehen, ankommen and anrufen split apart in a sentence: you conjugate the main verb and send the prefix to the very end (Ich stehe um sieben Uhr auf). A simple rule with clear examples and the common mistake to avoid.

Example sentences from the video

Ich stehe um sieben Uhr auf.

Der Zug kommt um neun an.

Ich rufe dich später an.

Key German words in this video

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