German word
versuchen in German sentences
versuchen means "to try" in English. Learn the word with article or verb notes, real German examples, and sentence practice.
Examples
Lara versucht den Server neu zu starten.
Lara tries to restart the server.
Wir versuchen die Aufgabe im Kurs.
We try the exercise in class.
Der Arzt versucht, den Patienten zu beruhigen.
The doctor tries to calm the patient.
Lara versucht nicht, das Passwort zu erraten.
Lara does not try to guess the password.
Nach dem Fehler versucht das Team eine andere Lösung.
After the error, the team tries another solution.
Common mistake
Do not memorize only the infinitive versuchen. Read it in short sentences so word order and forms become familiar.