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Study Resource: German double-infinitives reference sheet

By: Babsi Cabrera
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These activities are part of our German Grammar series. The skills we are practicing here are covered in our article:

Verbs that trigger double infinitives in German compound tenses

Modal verbs

können

to be able to; can

sollen

to be supposed to; shall

wollen

to want

müssen

to have to; must

dürfen

to be allowed to; may

mögen

to like

Verbs of perception

sehen

to see

fühlen

to feel

hören

to hear

spüren

to feel

Other

brauchen

to need

lassen

to let

helfen

to help

lehren

to teach

kommen

to come

fahren

to drive

gehen

to go

bleiben

to stay

German verbs that look like double infinitives, but aren’t

spazieren gehen

to go for a walk

sitzen bleiben

to stay seated

stehen bleiben

to stay standing

kennen lernen

to get to know

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