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GERMAN VERB

beschreiben

to describe

  • #288 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: beschrieben

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use beschreiben

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

  1. Present

    Ich beschreibe dir kurz den Weg.

    I'll quickly describe the way to you.

  2. Simple past

    Sie beschrieb den Mann sehr genau.

    She described the man very precisely.

  3. Perfect

    Er hat mir das Hotel genau beschrieben.

    He described the hotel to me in detail.

  4. Future

    Ich werde Ihnen das Problem kurz beschreiben.

    I'll briefly describe the problem to you.

  5. Conditional

    Wie würdest du deinen Job beschreiben?

    How would you describe your job?

  6. Imperative

    Beschreib mir bitte das Zimmer.

    Please describe the room to me.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.