Perfect tense of separable and inseparable verbs
The most frequently used tense when talking about things that happened in the past is the perfect tense.
The perfect tense is made up of two parts: haben or sein and the past participle (Partizip II) of the main verb.
Separable Verbs
Inseparable Verbs
The past participle of separable verbs consists of the separable prefix/part and the participle of the stem verb, which means that ge- is between the two parts.
einkaufen – eingekauft
ankommen – angekommen
aufstehen – aufgestanden
Separable Prefixes:
ab-, an-, auf-, aus-, bei-, ein-, fest-, hin-, her-, los-, mit-, nach-, vor-, vorbei-, weg-, weiter-, zu-, zurück-, zusammen-, ………
The past participle of verbs with an inseparable prefix consists of the prefix and the past participle of the stem verb without ge-
verkaufen – verkauft
bekommen – bekommen
verstehen – verstanden
Inseparable Prefixes:
be-, emp-, ent-, er-, ge-, miss-, ver-, zer-
Exercise 1: Perfect tense of separable verbs
Exercise 2: Perfect tense of inseparable verbs
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
External Link: Verbs with Prefixes.