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GERMAN VERB

stattfinden

to take place

  • #325 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: stattgefunden

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

How to use stattfinden

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

  1. Present

    Das Fest findet dieses Jahr im Park statt.

    The festival takes place in the park this year.

  2. Simple past

    Die Hochzeit fand in einer kleinen Kirche statt.

    The wedding took place in a small church.

  3. Perfect

    Das Treffen hat gestern nicht stattgefunden.

    The meeting didn't take place yesterday.

  4. Future

    Der Kurs wird online stattfinden.

    The course will take place online.

  5. Conditional

    Bei Regen würde das Spiel drinnen stattfinden.

    In rain, the game would take place indoors.

Good to know

  • Stattfinden is for events: das Konzert findet am Samstag statt.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.