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GERMAN VERB

dauern

to take, of time; to last

  • #113 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: gedauert

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

How to use dauern

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

  1. Present

    Die Fahrt nach München dauert etwa vier Stunden.

    The trip to Munich takes about four hours.

  2. Simple past

    Das Meeting dauerte viel länger als geplant.

    The meeting lasted much longer than planned.

  3. Perfect

    Der Film hat fast drei Stunden gedauert.

    The film lasted almost three hours.

  4. Future

    Die Reparatur wird ungefähr eine Woche dauern.

    The repair will take about a week.

  5. Conditional

    Zu Fuß würde es viel zu lange dauern.

    On foot it would take far too long.

Good to know

  • Wie lange dauert das? asks how long something takes.

Where you hear dauern

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

German · Beginner Level 2

  • Das dauert zwanzig Minuten. That takes twenty minutes.
  • Gestern hat es eine Stunde gedauert. Yesterday it took an hour.
  • Morgen dauert es nicht lang. Tomorrow it won't take long.

German · Intermediate Level 2

  • Das dauert zwanzig Minuten. That takes twenty minutes.
  • Gestern hat es eine Stunde gedauert. Yesterday it took an hour.
  • Morgen dauert es nicht lang. Tomorrow it won't take long.
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The Internet Technician

Beginner Level 2 · Gut. Das dauert zwanzig Minuten.

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A Local Report

Intermediate Level 2 · Seit zwei Jahren. Und es dauert noch.

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The Plan

Intermediate Level 3 · Wie lange dauert die Fahrt?

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The Housing Office

Advanced Level 1 · Und wie lange dauert das?

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The First Letter Read

Advanced Level 3 · Und wie lange hat die Reise gedauert? · Die Überfahrt dauerte sechs Wochen.

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The Letter about the Storm

Advanced Level 3 · Ein Sturm, der drei Tage dauerte.

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