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GERMAN VERB

reichen

to be enough

  • #130 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: gereicht

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use reichen

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

  1. Present

    Reicht das Geld für die Fahrkarten?

    Is the money enough for the tickets?

  2. Simple past

    Die Zeit reichte leider nicht für das Museum.

    Unfortunately there wasn't enough time for the museum.

  3. Perfect

    Das Essen hat für alle gereicht.

    There was enough food for everyone.

  4. Future

    Ein Brot wird für das Frühstück reichen.

    One loaf will be enough for breakfast.

  5. Conditional

    Eine Stunde würde mir völlig reichen.

    One hour would be quite enough for me.

  6. Imperative

    Reich mir bitte mal die Butter.

    Pass me the butter, please.

Good to know

  • Das reicht! means that's enough; es reicht mir, I've had enough.
  • Reichen is also to pass something: Reichst du mir das Salz?

Where you hear reichen

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

German · Intermediate Level 2

  • Eine Quelle reicht nicht. One source isn't enough.
  • Das Geld hat nicht gereicht. The money wasn't enough.
  • Morgen reicht eine Stunde. Tomorrow an hour will be enough.
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Intermediate Level 2 · Ja, mit drei. Eine Quelle reicht nicht.

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