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GERMAN VERB

laden

to load; to charge

  • #491 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: geladen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use laden

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

  1. Present

    Die Seite lädt heute sehr langsam.

    The page is loading very slowly today.

  2. Simple past

    Wir luden die Koffer ins Auto.

    We loaded the suitcases into the car.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du die Fotos schon auf den Computer geladen?

    Have you loaded the photos onto the computer yet?

  4. Future

    Das Handy wird über Nacht laden.

    The phone will charge overnight.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde die App zu Hause im WLAN laden.

    I'd download the app at home on the Wi-Fi.

  6. Imperative

    Lad den Akku, bevor wir losfahren.

    Charge the battery before we set off.

Good to know

  • A page lädt when it is loading, a battery lädt when it is charging. For a phone, people usually say aufladen.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.