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GERMAN VERB

erziehen

to raise, to bring up

  • #407 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: erzogen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use erziehen

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

  1. Present

    Sie erziehen ihre Kinder sehr streng.

    They raise their children very strictly.

  2. Simple past

    Meine Großmutter erzog fünf Kinder allein.

    My grandmother raised five children on her own.

  3. Perfect

    Ihr habt eure Tochter wirklich gut erzogen.

    You've raised your daughter really well.

  4. Future

    Wir werden unsere Kinder zweisprachig erziehen.

    We'll raise our children bilingual.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde meine Kinder anders erziehen.

    I'd raise my children differently.

  6. Imperative

    Erzieh deinen Hund, er springt alle an!

    Train your dog, he jumps up at everyone!

Good to know

  • Erziehen is to raise children, or to train a dog; to grow up yourself is aufwachsen.
  • Gut erzogen is well brought up, well behaved.

Where you hear erziehen

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

German · Intermediate Level 3

  • Sie erzieht ihn gut. She raises him well.
  • Sie haben ihn gut erzogen. You raised him well.
  • Du wirst dein Kind gut erziehen. You will raise your child well.
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Oma Meets Frau Weber

Intermediate Level 3 · Sie haben ihn gut erzogen.

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