Are the "trennbare verben" always irregular verbs? Hi folks, As a challenge in the beguining of the german studies we have the "trennbare verben" to study and sometimes you have to write them in past.

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Are the "trennbare verben" always irregular verbs?

Hi folks,

As a challenge in the beguining of the german studies we have the "trennbare verben" to study and sometimes you have to write them in past.

My question is: Are all the trennbare verben irregular?

Gruss Gott,

Apr 11, 2020 3:49 PM

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The question has basically been answered in your previous post: <a href="https://www.italki.com/discussion/233428" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.italki.com/discussion/233428</a>;

There is no connection between a verb being separable and irregular. It depends on the stem of the word. The word 'kaufen' is regular. When there is a prefix, it makes it either separable or un-separable. The stem does not change, it will be regular in all the cases. For example: verkaufen (un-separable) and ankaufen (separable).

April 12, 2020