Present
Präsens · now, habits and facts
- ich I lead
- du you lead
- er, sie, es he/she leads
- wir we lead
- ihr you all lead
- sie, Sie they lead
Conjugation
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Simple past
Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech
- ich I led
- du you led
- er, sie, es he/she led
- wir we led
- ihr you all led
- sie, Sie they led
Perfect
Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”
- ich I have led
- du you have led
- er, sie, es he/she has led
- wir we have led
- ihr you all have led
- sie, Sie they have led
Future
Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job
- ich I will lead
- du you will lead
- er, sie, es he/she will lead
- wir we will lead
- ihr you all will lead
- sie, Sie they will lead
Conditional
Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”
- ich I would lead
- du you would lead
- er, sie, es he/she would lead
- wir we would lead
- ihr you all would lead
- sie, Sie they would lead
Imperative
Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie
- du lead!
- ihr lead! (all of you)
- Sie lead! (formal)
How to use führen
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Meine Schwester führt ein kleines Café in Köln.
My sister runs a small café in Cologne.
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Simple past
Der Weg führte direkt zum See hinunter.
The path led straight down to the lake.
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Perfect
Wer hat euch durch das Museum geführt?
Who showed you around the museum?
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Future
Ich werde das Gespräch mit ihm selbst führen.
I'll have the conversation with him myself.
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Conditional
Das würde nur zu noch mehr Streit führen.
That would only lead to even more arguing.
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Imperative
Führen Sie uns bitte zu unserem Tisch.
Please show us to our table.
Good to know
- Ein Gespräch führen is to have a conversation; ein Geschäft führen, to run a business.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.