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GERMAN VERB

schenken

to give, as a present

  • #336 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: geschenkt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use schenken

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

  1. Present

    Was schenkst du deiner Mutter zum Geburtstag?

    What are you giving your mother for her birthday?

  2. Simple past

    Meine Eltern schenkten mir zum Abitur eine Reise.

    My parents gave me a trip for graduation.

  3. Perfect

    Er hat mir Blumen geschenkt, einfach so.

    He gave me flowers, just like that.

  4. Future

    Wir werden den Kindern dieses Jahr Bücher schenken.

    We'll give the kids books this year.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde ihm lieber etwas Selbstgemachtes schenken.

    I'd rather give him something homemade.

  6. Imperative

    Schenk ihr keine Pralinen, sie macht Diät.

    Don't give her chocolates, she's on a diet.

Good to know

  • Schenken is to give as a gift; geben is just to hand over.

Where you hear schenken

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

German · Beginner Level 2

  • Ich schenke Nina Blumen. I'm giving Nina flowers.
  • Ich habe ihr ein Buch geschenkt. I gave her a book.
  • Morgen schenke ich ihr Blumen. Tomorrow I'll give her flowers.
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A Present for Nina

Beginner Level 2 · Schon? Was schenken wir ihr? · Und ich schenke ihr Blumen.

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