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GERMAN VERB

herausfinden

to find out

  • #486 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: herausgefunden

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use herausfinden

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

  1. Present

    Ich finde schnell heraus, wann der Laden öffnet.

    I'll quickly find out when the shop opens.

  2. Simple past

    Die Polizei fand die Wahrheit bald heraus.

    The police soon found out the truth.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du herausgefunden, wer angerufen hat?

    Did you find out who called?

  4. Future

    Wir werden schon herausfinden, wo er wohnt.

    We'll find out where he lives, don't worry.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde gern herausfinden, woher das Geräusch kommt.

    I'd like to find out where the noise is coming from.

  6. Imperative

    Find heraus, wie viel die Fahrt kostet.

    Find out how much the trip costs.

Good to know

  • In speech it is usually rausfinden: ich finde das schon raus.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.