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GERMAN VERB

entdecken

to discover

  • #341 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: entdeckt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use entdecken

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

  1. Present

    Ich entdecke jeden Tag etwas Neues in Berlin.

    I discover something new in Berlin every day.

  2. Simple past

    Wir entdeckten ein kleines Café am Fluss.

    We discovered a little café by the river.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du den Fehler schon entdeckt?

    Have you spotted the mistake yet?

  4. Future

    Ihr werdet die Stadt zu Fuß entdecken.

    You'll discover the city on foot.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde gern Südamerika entdecken.

    I'd love to discover South America.

  6. Imperative

    Entdeck die Altstadt am besten am Morgen.

    Explore the old town in the morning, that's best.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.