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to train
To do physical exercises regularly in order to improve fitness, build muscle, or prepare for an athletic competition.
Sie trainiert dreimal pro Woche im Fitnessstudio für den Marathon.
She trains three times a week at the gym for the marathon.
to practice
To practice a specific skill or behavior deliberately and repeatedly in order to learn or improve it.
Für das Vorstellungsgespräch müssen wir noch trainieren, wie man auf schwierige Fragen antwortet.
For the job interview, we still need to practice how to answer difficult questions.
to train someone
To guide and teach a person or team as a trainer in order to improve their athletic or other performance.
Er trainiert die Jugendmannschaft des örtlichen Fußballvereins.
He trains the youth team of the local soccer club.
'Trainieren' (to train) ends in '-ieren'. Many verbs with this ending come from other languages and are always regular in German. This means that the past participle is formed with '-t' (trainiert) and without 'ge-'.
Er hat gestern zwei Stunden lang trainiert.
He trained for two hours yesterday.
Two important nouns are derived from the verb 'trainieren' (to train): 'das Training' (the activity of practicing/training) and 'der Trainer' / 'die Trainerin' (the person who trains someone).
Ein guter Trainer ist für das Training einer Mannschaft unerlässlich.
A good coach is essential for a team's training.
The exact meaning of 'trainieren' (to train) often depends on the object. Without an object or with a body part as the object, it is about sports. With a skill as the object, it is about practicing. With a person or team as the object, it means 'to instruct' or 'to coach'.
Ich trainiere gerade meine Ausdauer.
I'm currently training my endurance.
When you train for a specific goal or competition, the preposition 'für' is used followed by the accusative. This construction describes the purpose of the training.
Die Athletin trainiert für die Olympischen Spiele.
The athlete is training for the Olympic Games.
to learn
Lernen emphasizes acquiring a skill for the first time. Trainieren emphasizes deliberately and repeatedly working on acquiring or improving that skill. At the beginning, for example, one learns a technique; through regular repetition, one trains it.
Jonas trainiert täglich das Tippen mit zehn Fingern.
Jonas practices typing with all ten fingers every day.
Jonas lernt gerade, mit zehn Fingern zu tippen.
Jonas is currently learning to type with all ten fingers.
