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GERMAN VERB

besuchen

to visit

  • #116 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: besucht

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use besuchen

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

  1. Present

    Am Sonntag besuchen wir meine Eltern.

    On Sunday we're visiting my parents.

  2. Simple past

    Letztes Jahr besuchte ich einen Freund in Wien.

    Last year I visited a friend in Vienna.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du das Museum schon besucht?

    Have you visited the museum yet?

  4. Future

    Ich werde dich im Krankenhaus besuchen.

    I'll visit you in hospital.

  5. Conditional

    Wir würden euch gern öfter besuchen.

    We'd like to visit you more often.

  6. Imperative

    Besuch uns mal in Dresden!

    Come and visit us in Dresden!

Good to know

  • Besuchen is also to attend: einen Kurs besuchen, die Schule besuchen.

Where you hear besuchen

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

German · Intermediate Level 1

  • Ich besuche Oma in Milwaukee. I'm visiting Oma in Milwaukee.
  • Max hat mich an Weihnachten besucht. Max visited me at Christmas.
  • Morgen besuchen wir meine Eltern. Tomorrow we're visiting my parents.
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Calling Oma

Intermediate Level 1 · Und du kommst mich besuchen, ja?

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