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GERMAN VERB

duzen

to use the friendly you, du

  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: geduzt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du use the friendly you!
  2. ihr use the friendly you! (all of you)
  3. Sie use the friendly you! (formal)

How to use duzen

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

  1. Present

    Hier im Büro duzen wir uns alle.

    Here in the office we all say du to each other.

  2. Simple past

    Früher duzte man seinen Chef nie.

    In the past you never said du to your boss.

  3. Perfect

    Wir haben uns vom ersten Tag an geduzt.

    We've said du to each other from day one.

  4. Future

    Die Kollegen werden dich sicher schnell duzen.

    Your colleagues will surely say du to you soon.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde ihn nicht einfach so duzen.

    I wouldn't just call him du like that.

  6. Imperative

    Duz mich ruhig, ich bin Jonas.

    Feel free to call me du, I'm Jonas.

Good to know

  • The opposite is siezen, to use Sie. Wollen wir uns duzen? is the friendly offer.

Where you hear duzen

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

German · Beginner Level 1

  • Max und ich duzen uns. Max and I use the friendly you with each other.
  • Beim Bier haben wir uns geduzt. Over a beer, we started using the friendly you.
  • Morgen beim Frühstück duzen wir uns auch. Tomorrow at breakfast, we'll use the friendly you too.

German · Fluency Level 3

  • Max und ich duzen uns. Max and I use the friendly you with each other.
  • Beim Bier haben wir uns geduzt. Over a beer, we started using the friendly you.
  • Morgen beim Frühstück duzen wir uns auch. Tomorrow at breakfast, we'll use the friendly you too.
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Beginner Level 1 · Wollen wir uns duzen?

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Fluency Level 3 · Wir duzen uns.

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