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GERMAN VERB

stecken

to put in; to be stuck

  • #234 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: gesteckt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use stecken

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

  1. Present

    Wir stecken seit einer Stunde im Stau.

    We've been stuck in traffic for an hour.

  2. Simple past

    Er steckte den Brief in die Tasche.

    He put the letter in his pocket.

  3. Perfect

    Ich habe das Geld in den Umschlag gesteckt.

    I put the money in the envelope.

  4. Future

    Ich werde das Ladekabel in die Steckdose stecken.

    I'll plug the charging cable into the socket.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde nicht so viel Geld in das Auto stecken.

    I wouldn't put so much money into the car.

  6. Imperative

    Steck das Handy weg, wir essen!

    Put the phone away, we're eating!

Good to know

  • Stecken is putting something into something, den Schlüssel ins Schloss stecken, and being stuck: Wir stecken im Stau.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.