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GERMAN VERB

abschicken

to send off

  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: abgeschickt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use abschicken

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

  1. Present

    Ich schicke die Bewerbung heute noch ab.

    I'm sending off the application today.

  2. Simple past

    Sie schickte das Paket am Montag ab.

    She sent the parcel off on Monday.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du die E-Mail schon abgeschickt?

    Have you sent the email yet?

  4. Future

    Ich werde das Formular gleich morgen früh abschicken.

    I'll send off the form first thing tomorrow.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde die Nachricht erst morgen abschicken.

    I'd only send the message off tomorrow.

  6. Imperative

    Schick den Brief bitte heute noch ab.

    Please send the letter off today.

Good to know

  • Abschicken is the moment you press send or drop the letter in the box.

Where you hear abschicken

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

German · Beginner Level 3

  • Du schickst alles ab. You send it all off.
  • Ich habe die Bewerbung abgeschickt. I sent off the application.
  • Morgen schicke ich den Brief ab. Tomorrow I'll send off the letter.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.