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How to pronounce "tense" in German

tense is pronounced with standard German phonetics in German. Hear authentic native speakers pronounce it in 182 clips with synchronized subtitles and timestamps below.

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It was here. Es war hier. It's about time you learn the past tense. War is the past tense of sein to be. Ich war Du warst. Er, sie es war. Wir waren, ihr wart, sie waren. Es war hier. Julia und die Hexen war

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182 clips

The German word “tense”. Phonologically, it consists of 2 syllables (ten · se). SayItVid indexes 182 authentic German video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “tense” in natural connected speech, including verified broadcasts from Deutsch lernen mit der DW, lingoni GERMAN.

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  • 🇩🇪 DEDeutsch lernen mit der DW
    Clip #1 · @1:19
    “It was here. Es war hier. It's about time you learn the past tense. War is the past tense of sein to be. Ich war Du warst. Er, sie es war. Wir waren, ihr wart, sie waren. Es war hier. Julia und die Hexen war”
  • 🇩🇪 DElingoni GERMAN
    Clip #2 · @5:08
    “husband sie bringt ihrem Mann einen Kaffee how is a work in the past tense the perfect tense in German let's take of you ich habe meinen Schülern die Tabelle erklärt explain the tables ich habe meinen”
  • 🇩🇪 DElingoni GERMAN
    Clip #3 · @7:14
    “geliehen er hat seinem Sohn das Motorrad geliehen ohne present tense ich leihe meiner Tochter mein Auto ich leihe meinem Sohn den Rasenmäher alright i hope besass of articles in the date of case make much”
  • 🇩🇪 DElingoni GERMAN
    Clip #4 · @35:32
    “way. And for those of you who want to practice separate verbs um in the past tense, we have a lesson. It's in the A2 tense, we have a lesson. It's in the A2”
  • 🇩🇪 DElingoni GERMAN
    Clip #5 · @21:44
    “exercises using that tense. Now let's use separate verbs using modal verbs and that's verbs using modal verbs and that's”

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Syllables:
ten · se
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