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GERMAN VERB

erwähnen

to mention

  • #296 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: erwähnt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use erwähnen

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

  1. Present

    Ich erwähne das nur nebenbei.

    I'm only mentioning it in passing.

  2. Simple past

    Sie erwähnte den Namen kein einziges Mal.

    She didn't mention the name a single time.

  3. Perfect

    Hat er die Kosten überhaupt erwähnt?

    Did he even mention the costs?

  4. Future

    Ich werde deine Idee im Meeting erwähnen.

    I'll mention your idea in the meeting.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde das Problem lieber nicht erwähnen.

    I'd rather not mention the problem.

  6. Imperative

    Erwähn bitte nicht, dass ich hier war.

    Please don't mention that I was here.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.