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GERMAN VERB

darstellen

to represent, to depict

  • #73 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: dargestellt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use darstellen

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

  1. Present

    Was stellt dieses Bild eigentlich dar?

    What does this picture actually show?

  2. Simple past

    Er stellte die Sache ganz anders dar.

    He presented the matter quite differently.

  3. Perfect

    Das haben Sie sehr klar dargestellt, danke.

    You explained that very clearly, thank you.

  4. Future

    Das wird kein Problem für uns darstellen.

    That won't be a problem for us.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde das im Gespräch anders darstellen.

    I'd present that differently in the conversation.

  6. Imperative

    Stell die Dinge bitte so dar, wie sie waren.

    Please describe things as they were.

Good to know

  • Darstellen is to show or depict: Was stellt das Bild dar?

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.