, , , , , , . with substitution of o in preterite (ɛ-ɔ-ɔ) : , , , , , , , . Anomalous class 3 roots: The root generalizes part 3 instead of part 2 (ɛ-ʊ-ɔ), and also suffixes -e; werden, wurde, geworden. The original (part 2) singular preterite ward is still recognizable to Germans, but is archaic. The root replaced the vowel of the infintive with 'ö' (œ-ɔ-ɔ). The root can be declined with a strong past tense in 'o'. The root which was originally weak, acquired an anomalous strong inflection with 'u' (ɪ-ʊ-ʊ). Class 4 In class 4, the long -a- of part 3 was generalised to part 2. Example: nehmen nahm genommen ("to take"). Class 4 with long vowels in the present tense (eː-a:-o:) : , , . Class 4 with long vowels and substitution with o in preterite (eː-o:-o:) : , , , , , . Class 4 with a long vowel in the present tense and short in the participle (eː-a:-ɔ) : . Class 4 with short vowels in the present tense and participle (ɛ-a:-ɔ) : , , , , . Anomalous: ("to come") still has the anomalous o in the present stem (although some dialects have regularised it to kemmen): kommen kam gekommen The preterite of ("to be") is Old High German: was/wârum, but levelled in modern German: war/waren. Class 5 Class 5 is little changed from Old High German, like class 4 the long -a- of part 3 was generalised. Class 5 with long vowels in the present tense and participle (eː-a:-e:) : , , , , , . Class 5 with short vowels in the present tense and participle (ɛ-a:-ɛ) : , , , . The verb essen ("to eat") had a past participle giezzan in OHG; in MHG this became geezzen which was contracted to gezzen and then re-prefixed to gegezzen. j-presents: , , . Class 6 Class 6 is also preserved. In Modern German the uo is monophthongised to u. Class 6 with long vowels in present tense and participle (aː-u:-a:) : , , , , . Class 6 with short vowels in present tense and participle (a-u:-a) : , , , . backen and fragen are usually weak nowadays. Anomalous class 6 roots: The j-presents , have taken an o in the preterite and participle, perhaps by analogy with class 2: heben hob gehoben. The verb schwören has