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GERMAN VERB

löschen

to delete

  • #277 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: gelöscht

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use löschen

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

  1. Present

    Ich lösche gerade die alten Nachrichten.

    I'm deleting the old messages right now.

  2. Simple past

    Er löschte aus Versehen das ganze Album.

    He deleted the whole album by mistake.

  3. Perfect

    Warum hast du mein Foto gelöscht?

    Why did you delete my photo?

  4. Future

    Ich werde die App heute Abend löschen.

    I'll delete the app tonight.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde diese E-Mails nicht löschen.

    I wouldn't delete these emails.

  6. Imperative

    Lösch das Video bitte sofort.

    Please delete the video right away.

Good to know

  • Löschen is also to put out a fire: die Feuerwehr löscht das Feuer.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.