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GERMAN VERB

interessieren

to interest

  • #91 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: interessiert

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use interessieren

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

  1. Present

    Interessierst du dich für Fußball?

    Are you interested in football?

  2. Simple past

    Als Kind interessierten mich nur Dinosaurier.

    As a child, only dinosaurs interested me.

  3. Perfect

    Das Thema hat mich schon immer interessiert.

    That topic has always interested me.

  4. Future

    Das wird sie bestimmt interessieren.

    That will surely interest her.

  5. Conditional

    Mich würde interessieren, was er dazu sagt.

    I'd be interested to know what he says about it.

  6. Imperative

    Interessier dich mal für etwas anderes als Handys!

    Take an interest in something other than phones for once!

Good to know

  • Sich interessieren für is to be interested in: Ich interessiere mich für Musik.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.