Infinitiv mit zu: common verbs (anfangen, aufhören, vergessen) – Telc B1

Intermediate German

Created by Best · 12.04.2026 at 16:05 UTC

Verbs that take zu + Infinitiv: anfangen zu + inf (start to), aufhören zu + inf (stop -ing), vergessen zu + inf (forget to), versuchen zu + inf (try to), hoffen zu + inf (hope to), planen zu + inf (plan to), beginnen zu + inf (begin to). The infinitive with zu goes at the end in main clauses: Er hat vergessen, die Tür zu schließen.

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Tasks

Question 1

Correct: "Sie hat aufgehört ___ ." (to smoke = rauchen)

rauchen

zu rauchen

rauchte

Question 2

With separable verb "einkaufen", the zu goes:

before the whole verb

between prefix and stem (ein-zu-kaufen)

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Topic: German
Difficulty: Intermediate
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