German Verbs - wissen - to know - conjugated

In the following chart you will find the conjugation of the irregular German verb  wissen  (to know). Although it is not a modal verb, the conjugation of  wissen  follows the same pattern as the modal verbs. Like the modals, and unlike normal German verbs,  wissen  has the same form for  ich  (1st person sing.) and  er, sie, es  (3rd person sing.). German, like many other languages, has two different verbs that can correspond to the single English verb to know. Like Spanish, Italian and French, for example, German makes a distinction between knowing or being familiar with a person or thing (kennen) AND knowing a fact (wissen). The verb  wissen  is a stem-changing verb. That is to say, the infinitives stem vowel  i  changes to  eiin all the singular present tense forms (weiß), and to  u  in the past participle (gewusst). In many ways, as we said above, it behaves like a modal verb. Except for  ihr wisst  (formerly  wißt), spelling reform has not affected  wissen,  so you should note that its singular forms are still spelled with an ess-zett (ß, except in Swiss German), while the plural forms use a double-s (ss). This verb chart uses  the new German spelling  (die neue Rechtschreibung). Wissen Conjugations PRSENS(Present) PRTERITUM(Preterite/Past) PERFEKT(Pres. Perfect) SINGULAR ich weiI know ich wussteI knew ich habe gewusstI knew, have known du weityou know du wusstestyou knew du hast gewusstyou knew, have known er/sie weihe/she knows er/sie wusstehe/she knew er/sie hat gewussthe/she knew, has known PLURAL wir/Sie/sie wissenwe/you/they have to wir/Sie/sie wusstenwe/you/they knew wir/Sie/sie haben gewusstwe/you/they knew, have known ihr wisstyou (pl.) know ihr wusstetyou (pl.) knew ihr habt gewusstyou (pl.) knew, have known Sample Sentences/Idioms Er weiß Bescheid.He knows all about it. (Hes been kept informed.)Weißt du, wann der Bus kommt?Do you know when the bus is coming?Ich habe nicht Bescheid gewusst.I didnt know a thing about it. Related Pages The 20 Most-Used German VerbsRanked by frequency of use. With conjugations and examples. German for BeginnersOur free online German course!