Grammar

Simple past: mixed verbs

A few verbs have characteristics of irregular and regular verbs: their ending (-te- + personal ending) is regular but they have a vowel change. We call these "mixed verbs".

The mixed verbs include, for example, wissen, bringen, denken and kennen.

Infinitive Simple past Past Participle
wissen wusste gewusst
bringen brachte gebracht
denken dachte gedacht
kennen kannte gekannt