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How to Say ‘I developed an app.’ in German

Ich habe eine App entwickelt.

ikh HAH-buh EYE-nuh epp ent-VIK-elt

[ikh HAH-buh EYE-nuh epp ent-VIK-elt]

💬 Usage Tip: In past sentences with habe, the action word goes to the very end: Ich habe eine App entwickelt. Anything extra slots in between, as in Ich habe eine Website gebaut "I built a website".

Phrase Breakdown

Ich habe eine App

ikh HAH-buh EYE-nuh epp

I have an app

'habe' is the helper verb of the perfect tense. 'App' is feminine ('eine').

Example

Ich habe eine neue App.

I have a new app.

Words in this phrase

Ich

[ikh]

The pronoun 'ich' in nominative form.

Example

Ich bin da.

I am here.

habe

[HAH-buh]

have

A form of 'haben', used as an auxiliary verb to form the perfect tense.

Example

Ich habe mitgebracht, was ich versprochen habe.

I have brought what I promised.

eine

[EYE-nuh]

a; an; one

Feminine form of the indefinite article, used before singular feminine nouns.

Example

Eine offene Kultur ist mir bei einem Unternehmen wichtig.

An open culture is important to me in a company.

App

[epp]

app

A software application, usually for phones or computers; feminine noun (die App).

Example

Die App ist sehr beliebt.

The app is very popular.

entwickelt.

ent-VIK-elt

developed

This is the past participle of 'entwickeln' and goes at the end of the sentence. Stress 'wick'.

Example

Wir haben ein Spiel entwickelt.

We developed a game.

Words in this phrase

entwickelt

[ent-VIK-elt]

developed

Past participle of 'entwickeln' (to develop); used with 'haben' to form the perfect tense.

Example

Wir haben eine neue Software entwickelt.

We developed new software.

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