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GERMAN VERB

messen

to measure

  • #312 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: gemessen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use messen

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

  1. Present

    Ich messe jeden Morgen meinen Blutdruck.

    I measure my blood pressure every morning.

  2. Simple past

    Der Arzt maß zuerst Fieber.

    The doctor took my temperature first.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du den Tisch schon gemessen?

    Have you measured the table yet?

  4. Future

    Wir werden die Wand morgen messen.

    We'll measure the wall tomorrow.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde zuerst die Tür messen.

    I would measure the door first.

  6. Imperative

    Miss bitte, wie breit das Regal ist.

    Please measure how wide the shelf is.

Good to know

  • Fieber messen is to take someone's temperature.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.