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GERMAN VERB

bringen

to bring; das bringt nichts, it's no use

  • #32 most used
  • Mixed verb
  • Past participle: gebracht

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use bringen

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

  1. Present

    Bringst du mir bitte ein Glas Wasser?

    Will you bring me a glass of water, please?

  2. Simple past

    Der Postbote brachte das Paket zur Nachbarin.

    The postman took the parcel to the neighbour.

  3. Perfect

    Ich habe die Kinder zur Schule gebracht.

    I took the kids to school.

  4. Future

    Der Kellner wird uns gleich die Karte bringen.

    The waiter will bring us the menu in a moment.

  5. Conditional

    Streiten würde jetzt nichts bringen.

    Arguing would be no use now.

  6. Imperative

    Bring die Flaschen bitte in den Keller.

    Please take the bottles down to the cellar.

Good to know

  • Das bringt nichts means it's no use. Jemanden nach Hause bringen is to take someone home.
  • In a restaurant: bringen Sie mir bitte die Rechnung.

Where you hear bringen

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

German · Advanced Level 1

  • Das bringt nichts. That's no use.
  • Ich habe den Brief gebracht. I brought the letter.
  • Morgen bringe ich das Formular. Tomorrow I'll bring the form.
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A Tenant Disagrees

Advanced Level 1 · Herr Becker, das bringt doch nichts.

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