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GERMAN VERB

ausfallen

to be cancelled; to fail

  • #466 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: ausgefallen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du be cancelled!
  2. ihr be cancelled! (all of you)
  3. Sie be cancelled! (formal)

How to use ausfallen

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

  1. Present

    Der Kurs fällt heute leider aus.

    Unfortunately, today's class is cancelled.

  2. Simple past

    Gestern fiel in der ganzen Straße der Strom aus.

    Yesterday the power went out in the whole street.

  3. Perfect

    Mein Zug ist schon wieder ausgefallen.

    My train was cancelled yet again.

  4. Future

    Das Konzert wird wegen des Regens ausfallen.

    The concert will be cancelled because of the rain.

  5. Conditional

    Ohne Heizung würde die Schule im Winter ausfallen.

    Without heating, school would be cancelled in winter.

  6. Imperative

    Fall morgen bitte nicht aus, wir brauchen dich!

    Please don't be off tomorrow, we need you!

Good to know

  • Der Unterricht fällt aus, the class is cancelled; der Strom ist ausgefallen, the power went out.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.