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GERMAN VERB

abholen

to pick up

  • #282 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: abgeholt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du pick up!
  2. ihr pick up! (all of you)
  3. Sie pick up! (formal)

How to use abholen

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

  1. Present

    Ich hole dich um acht vom Bahnhof ab.

    I'll pick you up from the station at eight.

  2. Simple past

    Meine Mutter holte mich von der Schule ab.

    My mother picked me up from school.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du das Paket schon abgeholt?

    Have you picked up the parcel yet?

  4. Future

    Wer wird die Kinder heute abholen?

    Who's going to pick up the children today?

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde dich gern abholen, aber ich arbeite.

    I'd love to pick you up, but I'm working.

  6. Imperative

    Hol bitte die Brötchen beim Bäcker ab.

    Please pick up the rolls from the bakery.

Good to know

  • You pick someone up vom Bahnhof or vom Flughafen; a parcel, you pick up bei der Post.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.