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GERMAN VERB

sich erholen

to recover

  • #184 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: erholt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use sich erholen

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

  1. Present

    Ich erhole mich am besten am Meer.

    I relax best by the sea.

  2. Simple past

    Er erholte sich schnell von der Operation.

    He recovered quickly from the operation.

  3. Perfect

    Habt ihr euch im Urlaub gut erholt?

    Did you have a good rest on holiday?

  4. Future

    Ich werde mich am Wochenende richtig erholen.

    I'll have a proper rest at the weekend.

  5. Conditional

    Ohne Handy würde ich mich viel besser erholen.

    Without my phone I'd relax much better.

  6. Imperative

    Erhol dich gut und werd schnell gesund!

    Rest well and get better soon!

Good to know

  • Sich erholen von is to recover from something, an illness or a hard week.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.