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GERMAN VERB

liefern

to deliver

  • #284 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: geliefert

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use liefern

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

  1. Present

    Der Supermarkt liefert auch nach Hause.

    The supermarket also delivers to your home.

  2. Simple past

    Die Firma lieferte das Sofa erst nach drei Wochen.

    The company only delivered the sofa after three weeks.

  3. Perfect

    Haben sie die Waschmaschine schon geliefert?

    Have they delivered the washing machine yet?

  4. Future

    Wir werden die Möbel am Dienstag liefern.

    We'll deliver the furniture on Tuesday.

  5. Conditional

    Würden Sie auch nach Österreich liefern?

    Would you deliver to Austria too?

  6. Imperative

    Liefern Sie bitte direkt ins Büro.

    Please deliver straight to the office.

Good to know

  • Liefern is what the shop does; the delivery itself is die Lieferung.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.