German GCSE
Auxiliary Verb
What Auxiliary Verb means in German GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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A 'helping' verb used to form compound tenses. In German, 'haben' and 'sein' are used for the Perfect tense, and 'werden' for the Future tense.
A 'helping' verb used alongside a main verb to form different tenses (e.g., haben/sein in the perfect tense).
Topics that use Auxiliary Verb
- Theme 3: Current and future study and employment (AQA GCSE)
- Themes (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Infinitive
- Past Participle
- Subordinating Conjunction
- Cognate
- False Friend
- Inversion
- Modal Verb
- Nominative / Accusative / Dative
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