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GERMAN VERB

aussuchen

to pick out

  • #207 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: ausgesucht

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use aussuchen

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

  1. Present

    Ich suche mir noch schnell ein Eis aus.

    I'll just quickly pick out an ice cream.

  2. Simple past

    Sie suchte sich das teuerste Kleid aus.

    She picked out the most expensive dress.

  3. Perfect

    Habt ihr euch schon einen Film ausgesucht?

    Have you picked a film yet?

  4. Future

    Oma wird sich sicher den Kuchen aussuchen.

    Grandma will surely pick the cake.

  5. Conditional

    Welchen Tisch würdest du aussuchen?

    Which table would you pick?

  6. Imperative

    Such dir ein Spielzeug aus, aber nur eins!

    Pick out a toy, but only one!

Good to know

  • Often with a dative pronoun: Such dir etwas aus, pick something for yourself.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.