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GERMAN VERB

entwickeln

to develop

  • #75 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: entwickelt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use entwickeln

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

  1. Present

    Unsere Firma entwickelt Apps für Ärzte.

    Our company develops apps for doctors.

  2. Simple past

    Das Gespräch entwickelte sich ganz anders als gedacht.

    The conversation went quite differently than expected.

  3. Perfect

    Die Kleine hat sich prächtig entwickelt.

    The little one has grown up wonderfully.

  4. Future

    Wir werden einen neuen Plan entwickeln.

    We'll develop a new plan.

  5. Conditional

    Das würde sich bestimmt gut entwickeln.

    That would surely develop well.

  6. Imperative

    Entwickelt zusammen eine Lösung, die allen passt.

    Work out a solution together that suits everyone.

Good to know

  • Sich entwickeln is to develop, to grow: Das Kind entwickelt sich gut.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.