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GERMAN VERB

auswandern

to emigrate

  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: ausgewandert

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use auswandern

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

  1. Present

    Immer mehr junge Leute wandern nach Kanada aus.

    More and more young people are emigrating to Canada.

  2. Simple past

    Mein Urgroßvater wanderte vor hundert Jahren nach Brasilien aus.

    My great-grandfather emigrated to Brazil a hundred years ago.

  3. Perfect

    Meine Tante ist vor zehn Jahren nach Spanien ausgewandert.

    My aunt emigrated to Spain ten years ago.

  4. Future

    Sie werden im Sommer nach Neuseeland auswandern.

    They'll emigrate to New Zealand in the summer.

  5. Conditional

    Würdest du für die Liebe auswandern?

    Would you emigrate for love?

  6. Imperative

    Wandert nicht aus, wir brauchen euch hier!

    Don't emigrate, we need you here!

Good to know

  • Auswandern is to leave your country for good; einwandern is to come and settle.

Where you hear auswandern

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

German · Beginner Level 3

  • Viele Menschen wandern aus. Many people emigrate.
  • Mein Urgroßvater ist nach Amerika ausgewandert. My great-grandfather emigrated to America.
  • Meine Schwester wandert nächstes Jahr aus. My sister is emigrating next year.

German · Advanced Level 3

  • Viele Menschen wandern aus. Many people emigrate.
  • Mein Urgroßvater ist nach Amerika ausgewandert. My great-grandfather emigrated to America.
  • Meine Schwester wandert nächstes Jahr aus. My sister is emigrating next year.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.