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GERMAN VERB

ergeben

to result in

  • #93 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: ergeben

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

How to use ergeben

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

  1. Present

    Das ergibt doch überhaupt keinen Sinn.

    That makes no sense at all.

  2. Simple past

    Die Umfrage ergab ein klares Ergebnis.

    The survey gave a clear result.

  3. Perfect

    Es hat sich einfach so ergeben.

    It just happened that way.

  4. Future

    Das wird sich im Gespräch schon ergeben.

    That will come up in the conversation.

  5. Conditional

    Das würde zusammen genau hundert Euro ergeben.

    Together that would come to exactly a hundred euros.

Good to know

  • Das ergibt Sinn is that makes sense; sich ergeben is to come up: Es hat sich so ergeben.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.