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GERMAN VERB

frieren

to be cold, to freeze

  • #425 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: gefroren

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use frieren

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

  1. Present

    Ich friere, kannst du das Fenster zumachen?

    I'm cold, can you close the window?

  2. Simple past

    Wir froren die ganze Nacht im Zelt.

    We were cold all night in the tent.

  3. Perfect

    Ich habe gestern beim Warten furchtbar gefroren.

    I was terribly cold waiting yesterday.

  4. Future

    Ohne Jacke wirst du frieren.

    Without a jacket you'll be cold.

  5. Conditional

    In dem dünnen Kleid würde ich frieren.

    I'd be cold in that thin dress.

  6. Imperative

    Frier nicht draußen, komm rein!

    Don't freeze out there, come in!

Good to know

  • Ich friere or Mir ist kalt both say I am cold; es friert means it is freezing outside.

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