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GERMAN VERB

herstellen

to produce, to make

  • #343 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: hergestellt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use herstellen

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

  1. Present

    Die Firma stellt Möbel aus Holz her.

    The company makes furniture out of wood.

  2. Simple past

    Mein Opa stellte in seiner Werkstatt Stühle her.

    My grandpa made chairs in his workshop.

  3. Perfect

    Wer hat dieses Spielzeug hergestellt?

    Who made this toy?

  4. Future

    Wir werden die Teile selbst herstellen.

    We'll produce the parts ourselves.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde das lieber in Europa herstellen.

    I'd rather produce it in Europe.

  6. Imperative

    Stell her, was die Kunden wirklich brauchen.

    Make what the customers really need.

Good to know

  • Hergestellt in Deutschland is made in Germany.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.