Lesson-German Present Perfect-Separable Prefix Verbs

Separable prefix verbs can be regular, irregular or mixed. Separable prefixes include:  ab, an, auf, aus, bei, da, durch, ein, fern, fest, fort, her, hin, los, mit, nach, um, vor, weg, weiter, wieder, zu, and zusammen.

As can be seen, when forming the present perfect of separable prefix (trennbare) verbs, the prefix comes before the “ge,” which is followed by the stem and then ending. Keep in mind that there are regular, irregular and mixed verbs with separable prefixes.

Examples:

durchführen (to execute, operate, conduct [regular]) = hat durchgeführt

mitbringen (to bring along with [mixed]) = hat mitgebracht

ankommen (to arrive [irregular]) = ist angekommen