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GERMAN VERB

nachdenken

to think, to think something over

  • #202 most used
  • Mixed verb
  • Past participle: nachgedacht

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use nachdenken

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

  1. Present

    Ich denke noch über dein Angebot nach.

    I'm still thinking about your offer.

  2. Simple past

    Sie dachte lange nach, bevor sie antwortete.

    She thought for a long time before answering.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du über meinen Vorschlag nachgedacht?

    Have you thought about my suggestion?

  4. Future

    Ich werde in Ruhe darüber nachdenken.

    I'll think it over calmly.

  5. Conditional

    An deiner Stelle würde ich noch einmal nachdenken.

    If I were you, I'd think again.

  6. Imperative

    Denk nach, bevor du etwas sagst!

    Think before you say something!

Good to know

  • Nachdenken über is to think about: ich denke über das Angebot nach.

Where you hear nachdenken

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

German · Beginner Level 3

  • Ich denke nach. I'm thinking it over.
  • Ich habe lange nachgedacht. I thought about it for a long time.
  • Ich werde nachdenken. I'll think it over.

German · Intermediate Level 1

  • Ich denke nach. I'm thinking it over.
  • Ich habe lange nachgedacht. I thought about it for a long time.
  • Ich werde nachdenken. I'll think it over.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: mixed verb.