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GERMAN VERB

erwarten

to expect

  • #81 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: erwartet

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use erwarten

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

  1. Present

    Wir erwarten im Mai unser erstes Kind.

    We're expecting our first child in May.

  2. Simple past

    Ich erwartete eigentlich eine Antwort von dir.

    I was actually expecting an answer from you.

  3. Perfect

    So viel Regen habe ich nicht erwartet.

    I didn't expect this much rain.

  4. Future

    Ich werde dich um sechs am Bahnhof erwarten.

    I'll be waiting for you at the station at six.

  5. Conditional

    Von ihm würde ich keine Hilfe erwarten.

    I wouldn't expect any help from him.

  6. Imperative

    Erwarte nicht zu viel von dem Film.

    Don't expect too much from the film.

Good to know

  • Erwarten is to expect; sich freuen auf is to look forward to.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.