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To form the past tense in German, you need the conjugated auxiliary verb (haben or sein) and the past participle of the verb, which comes at the end of the sentence. For example, if you want to say "...

There are two forms of passive sentences in the German language: the Zustandspassiv, passively describing a fixed condition, and the Vorgangspassiv, passively describing an ongoing proce...

In the perfect tense, sentences are formed using an auxiliary / helping verb (haben or sein) and the past participle. Haben is translated as 'to have', whilst sein is t...