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GERMAN VERB

finden

to find; to think of

  • #17 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: gefunden

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use finden

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

  1. Present

    Ich finde den Film wirklich gut.

    I think the film is really good.

  2. Simple past

    Ich fand den Schlüssel unter dem Sofa.

    I found the key under the sofa.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du deine Brille gefunden?

    Did you find your glasses?

  4. Future

    Wir werden schon ein gutes Restaurant finden.

    We'll find a good restaurant, don't worry.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde es schade finden, wenn du nicht kommst.

    I'd think it a pity if you didn't come.

  6. Imperative

    Finde bitte bis morgen eine Lösung.

    Please find a solution by tomorrow.

Good to know

  • Wie findest du …? asks what you think of something: wie findest du den Film?

Where you hear finden

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

German · Beginner Level 1

  • Ich finde Berlin schön. I think Berlin is beautiful.
  • Ich habe den Schlüssel gefunden. I found the key.
  • Morgen finden wir eine Wohnung. Tomorrow we'll find a flat.

German · Beginner Level 2

  • Ich finde Berlin schön. I think Berlin is beautiful.
  • Ich habe den Schlüssel gefunden. I found the key.
  • Morgen finden wir eine Wohnung. Tomorrow we'll find a flat.

And 2 more lessons.

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