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GERMAN VERB

empfehlen

to recommend

  • #205 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: empfohlen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use empfehlen

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

  1. Present

    Was empfehlen Sie uns heute?

    What do you recommend for us today?

  2. Simple past

    Der Kellner empfahl uns den Apfelstrudel.

    The waiter recommended the apple strudel to us.

  3. Perfect

    Eine Freundin hat mir dieses Hotel empfohlen.

    A friend recommended this hotel to me.

  4. Future

    Ich werde dir ein gutes Buch empfehlen.

    I'll recommend a good book to you.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde den Zug statt des Busses empfehlen.

    I'd recommend the train rather than the bus.

  6. Imperative

    Empfiehl mir mal ein Restaurant in der Nähe.

    Recommend me a restaurant nearby.

Good to know

  • The person you recommend something to is in the dative: Ich empfehle Ihnen den Fisch.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.