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GERMAN VERB

ausdrucken

to print out

  • #275 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: ausgedruckt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du print out!
  2. ihr print out! (all of you)
  3. Sie print out! (formal)

How to use ausdrucken

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

  1. Present

    Ich drucke die Tickets schnell aus.

    I'll quickly print out the tickets.

  2. Simple past

    Er druckte den Vertrag zweimal aus.

    He printed the contract out twice.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du die Bordkarte schon ausgedruckt?

    Have you already printed out the boarding pass?

  4. Future

    Ich werde den Plan morgen ausdrucken.

    I'll print the plan out tomorrow.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde das Foto größer ausdrucken.

    I would print the photo out bigger.

  6. Imperative

    Druck bitte die Rechnung aus.

    Please print out the invoice.

Good to know

  • Drucken is to print; ausdrucken is to print something out, on paper.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.