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GERMAN VERB

heben

to lift

  • #220 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: gehoben

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use heben

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

  1. Present

    Ich hebe die Kiste, du nimmst die Tasche.

    I'll lift the box, you take the bag.

  2. Simple past

    Er hob das Kind auf seine Schultern.

    He lifted the child onto his shoulders.

  3. Perfect

    Ich habe zu schwer gehoben, mein Rücken tut weh.

    I lifted too much, my back hurts.

  4. Future

    Zusammen werden wir das Sofa schon heben.

    Together we'll manage to lift the sofa.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde das nicht allein heben.

    I wouldn't lift that on my own.

  6. Imperative

    Hebt den Tisch vorsichtig an beiden Seiten.

    Lift the table carefully at both ends.

Good to know

  • Heben is lifting something up; "aufheben" is picking it up off the floor, or keeping it.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.