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GERMAN VERB

kündigen

to give notice, to terminate a contract

  • #409 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: gekündigt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use kündigen

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

  1. Present

    Ich kündige meinen Handyvertrag zum Monatsende.

    I'm cancelling my phone contract at the end of the month.

  2. Simple past

    Sie kündigte nach zwanzig Jahren in der Firma.

    She quit after twenty years at the company.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du das Fitnessstudio schon gekündigt?

    Have you cancelled the gym yet?

  4. Future

    Ich werde die Wohnung zum ersten Juli kündigen.

    I'll give notice on the flat for the first of July.

  5. Conditional

    An deiner Stelle würde ich noch nicht kündigen.

    In your place I wouldn't quit yet.

  6. Imperative

    Kündige den Vertrag rechtzeitig, sonst verlängert er sich!

    Cancel the contract in time, or it renews!

Good to know

  • A contract is kündigen with the accusative, den Vertrag kündigen; a person with the dative: die Firma hat ihm gekündigt, the company let him go.
  • Said alone, ich kündige means I quit my job.

Where you hear kündigen

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

German · Advanced Level 1

  • Der Eigentümer kündigt meinen Vertrag. The owner is terminating my contract.
  • Er hat den Vertrag gekündigt. He has terminated the contract.
  • Nächstes Jahr kündigt er den Vertrag. Next year he'll terminate the contract.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.