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GERMAN VERB

ausschalten

to switch off

  • #217 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: ausgeschaltet

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use ausschalten

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

  1. Present

    Ich schalte das Handy im Kino immer aus.

    I always switch my phone off at the cinema.

  2. Simple past

    Er schaltete den Motor aus und stieg aus.

    He switched the engine off and got out.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du das Bügeleisen ausgeschaltet?

    Did you switch the iron off?

  4. Future

    Ich werde den Wecker am Samstag ausschalten.

    I'll switch the alarm off on Saturday.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde den Fernseher jetzt ausschalten.

    I'd switch the TV off now.

  6. Imperative

    Schaltet bitte eure Handys aus.

    Please switch your phones off.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.