verb
to surf, to surf the Internet
A2
Surfen: means to surf waves (do the sport) or to surf the Internet (browse websites). It is a regular weak verb (participle gesurft, present surfend), non‑reflexive, uses haben as auxiliary in compound tenses. No special preposition; imperative: Surf!, Surft!, Surfen!. Commonly used for sport and online activity.
Examples
Er surfte am Strand.
He was surfing at the beach.
Am Wochenende surften die Jugendlichen auf dem See, obwohl der Wind stärker wurde.
At the weekend the teenagers went surfing on the lake, although the wind became stronger.
Wir haben im Urlaub gesurft.
We surfed while on vacation.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture someone on a surfboard riding waves made of web pages.
Sounds like 'serf-in' — imagine a web surfer riding waves of webpages.
Notes
surfen is used both for wave-surfing and for browsing the internet; context clarifies meaning. | Intransitive verb; passive forms are not applicable.