How to Say ‘I programmed.’ in German
Ich habe programmiert.
ikh HAH-buh proh-grah-MEERT
[ikh HAH-buh proh-grah-MEERT]
💬 Usage Tip: Verbs ending in -ieren don't add ge- in the past: it's programmiert, not geprogrammiert. Same with installiert "installed" and getestet vs optimiert "optimized".
Phrase Breakdown
Ich
[ikh]
I
The pronoun 'ich' in nominative form.
Ich bin da.
I am here.
habe
[HAH-buh]
have
A form of 'haben', used as an auxiliary verb to form the perfect tense.
Ich habe mitgebracht, was ich versprochen habe.
I have brought what I promised.
programmiert
[proh-grah-MEERT]
programmed
Past participle of 'programmieren' (to program, write code); used with 'haben' in the perfect tense.
Sie hat das Backend in Java programmiert.
She programmed the backend in Java.
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