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GERMAN VERB

feiern

to celebrate

  • #334 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: gefeiert

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use feiern

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

  1. Present

    Wir feiern am Samstag meinen Geburtstag.

    We're celebrating my birthday on Saturday.

  2. Simple past

    Sie feierten bis vier Uhr morgens.

    They partied until four in the morning.

  3. Perfect

    Habt ihr Silvester zu Hause gefeiert?

    Did you celebrate New Year's Eve at home?

  4. Future

    Wir werden das große Jubiläum im Garten feiern.

    We'll celebrate the big anniversary in the garden.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde lieber im kleinen Kreis feiern.

    I'd rather celebrate with just a few people.

  6. Imperative

    Feiert schön, aber nicht zu laut!

    Have a good party, but not too loud!

Good to know

  • Feiern is also just to party: wir gehen heute Abend feiern.

Where you hear feiern

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

German · Beginner Level 2

  • Wir feiern bei Mia. We're celebrating at Mia's.
  • Ich habe lange gefeiert. I celebrated for a long time.
  • An Silvester feiern wir auf dem Dach. On New Year's Eve we'll celebrate on the roof.

German · Intermediate Level 2

  • Wir feiern bei Mia. We're celebrating at Mia's.
  • Ich habe lange gefeiert. I celebrated for a long time.
  • An Silvester feiern wir auf dem Dach. On New Year's Eve we'll celebrate on the roof.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.