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GERMAN VERB

abbrechen

to break off, to abort

  • #471 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: abgebrochen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I break off
  2. du you break off
  3. er, sie, es he/she breaks off
  4. wir we break off
  5. ihr you all break off
  6. sie, Sie they break off

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I broke off
  2. du you broke off
  3. er, sie, es he/she broke off
  4. wir we broke off
  5. ihr you all broke off
  6. sie, Sie they broke off

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have broken off
  2. du you have broken off
  3. er, sie, es he/she has broken off
  4. wir we have broken off
  5. ihr you all have broken off
  6. sie, Sie they have broken off

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will break off
  2. du you will break off
  3. er, sie, es he/she will break off
  4. wir we will break off
  5. ihr you all will break off
  6. sie, Sie they will break off

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would break off
  2. du you would break off
  3. er, sie, es he/she would break off
  4. wir we would break off
  5. ihr you all would break off
  6. sie, Sie they would break off

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du break off!
  2. ihr break off! (all of you)
  3. Sie break off! (formal)

How to use abbrechen

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Warum brichst du das Studium jetzt ab?

    Why are you dropping out of university now?

  2. Simple past

    Wir brachen die Wanderung wegen des Sturms ab.

    We cut the hike short because of the storm.

  3. Perfect

    Er hat den Download einfach abgebrochen.

    He simply cancelled the download.

  4. Future

    Der Pilot wird den Start bei Nebel abbrechen.

    The pilot will abort the take-off in fog.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde das Gespräch jetzt lieber abbrechen.

    I'd rather end the conversation now.

  6. Imperative

    Brich die Ausbildung bitte nicht ab!

    Please don't drop out of your training!

Good to know

  • Das Studium abbrechen is to drop out; den Download abbrechen is to cancel it.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.