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GERMAN VERB

beenden

to end, to finish

  • #364 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: beendet

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use beenden

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

  1. Present

    Wir beenden die Sitzung um fünf Uhr.

    We finish the meeting at five.

  2. Simple past

    Er beendete das Telefonat sehr schnell.

    He ended the phone call very quickly.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du den Kurs schon beendet?

    Have you finished the course yet?

  4. Future

    Ich werde das Studium nächstes Jahr beenden.

    I'll finish my studies next year.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde das Gespräch jetzt lieber beenden.

    I'd rather end the conversation now.

  6. Imperative

    Beendet bitte den Anruf, wir essen gleich.

    Please finish the call, we're eating soon.

Good to know

  • Beenden is to bring something to an end yourself: das Gespräch beenden, die Arbeit beenden. Something that ends by itself endet.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.