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GERMAN VERB

studieren

to study, at university

  • #95 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: studiert

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use studieren

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

  1. Present

    Mein Bruder studiert Medizin in Heidelberg.

    My brother studies medicine in Heidelberg.

  2. Simple past

    Sie studierte zwei Semester in Lissabon.

    She studied for two semesters in Lisbon.

  3. Perfect

    Was hast du eigentlich studiert?

    What did you study, actually?

  4. Future

    Ich werde ab Oktober in Berlin studieren.

    I'll be studying in Berlin from October.

  5. Conditional

    Heute würde ich etwas ganz anderes studieren.

    Today I'd study something completely different.

  6. Imperative

    Studiert die Speisekarte in Ruhe, ich komme gleich wieder.

    Take your time with the menu, I'll be right back.

Good to know

  • Studieren is only for university; school pupils lernen.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.