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GERMAN VERB

entsprechen

to correspond to

  • #55 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: entsprochen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

How to use entsprechen

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

  1. Present

    Das Zimmer entspricht nicht den Fotos im Internet.

    The room doesn't match the photos online.

  2. Simple past

    Der Preis entsprach genau unserem Budget.

    The price matched our budget exactly.

  3. Perfect

    Das Hotel hat unseren Erwartungen voll entsprochen.

    The hotel fully met our expectations.

  4. Future

    Die neue Wohnung wird euren Wünschen sicher entsprechen.

    The new flat will surely suit your wishes.

  5. Conditional

    Das würde nicht ganz der Wahrheit entsprechen.

    That wouldn't be quite true.

Good to know

  • Entsprechen takes the dative: Das entspricht nicht der Wahrheit.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.