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GERMAN VERB

parken

to park

  • #377 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: geparkt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use parken

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

  1. Present

    Wo parkst du normalerweise in der Stadt?

    Where do you usually park in town?

  2. Simple past

    Ich parkte direkt vor dem Haus.

    I parked right in front of the house.

  3. Perfect

    Wir haben im Parkhaus am Markt geparkt.

    We parked in the multi-storey car park by the market.

  4. Future

    Ich werde hinter dem Bahnhof parken.

    I'll park behind the station.

  5. Conditional

    Hier würde ich nicht parken, das kostet Strafe.

    I wouldn't park here, you'll get a fine.

  6. Imperative

    Park bitte nicht vor der Einfahrt.

    Please don't park in front of the driveway.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.