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GERMAN VERB

leiden

to suffer

  • #492 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: gelitten

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use leiden

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

  1. Present

    Mein Vater leidet seit Jahren an Rückenschmerzen.

    My father has suffered from back pain for years.

  2. Simple past

    Die Pflanzen litten unter der großen Hitze.

    The plants suffered from the great heat.

  3. Perfect

    Sie hat sehr unter der Trennung gelitten.

    She suffered a lot from the break-up.

  4. Future

    Die Bauern werden unter der Trockenheit leiden.

    The farmers will suffer from the drought.

  5. Conditional

    Ohne Kaffee würde ich morgens richtig leiden.

    Without coffee I'd really suffer in the morning.

  6. Imperative

    Leide nicht still, sag dem Arzt alles.

    Don't suffer in silence, tell the doctor everything.

Good to know

  • Leiden an is to suffer from an illness, leiden unter from a situation. Jemanden gut leiden können is to like someone.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.