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GERMAN VERB

beweisen

to prove

  • #299 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: bewiesen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use beweisen

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

  1. Present

    Ein Foto beweist noch gar nichts.

    A photo doesn't prove anything at all.

  2. Simple past

    Der Test bewies, dass das Wasser sauber war.

    The test proved that the water was clean.

  3. Perfect

    Sie hat allen bewiesen, dass sie es kann.

    She proved to everyone that she can do it.

  4. Future

    Ich werde dir beweisen, dass ich recht habe.

    I'll prove to you that I'm right.

  5. Conditional

    Das würde nur beweisen, dass er dort war.

    That would only prove that he was there.

  6. Imperative

    Beweis es mir, dann glaube ich dir.

    Prove it to me, then I'll believe you.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.