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GERMAN VERB

stürmen

to storm, of the weather

  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: gestürmt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. es it storms

Simple past

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

  1. es it stormed

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. es it has stormed

Future

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

  1. es it will storm

Conditional

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

  1. es it would storm

How to use stürmen

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

  1. Present

    Draußen stürmt es seit heute Morgen.

    It's been stormy outside since this morning.

  2. Simple past

    In der Nacht stürmte es furchtbar.

    It stormed terribly during the night.

  3. Perfect

    Hat es bei euch auch so gestürmt?

    Was it this stormy where you are too?

  4. Future

    Heute Abend wird es an der Küste stürmen.

    This evening it'll storm on the coast.

  5. Conditional

    Ich dachte, es würde heute stürmen.

    I thought it would storm today.

Good to know

  • Es stürmt is said of a strong wind, not only of a thunderstorm; a thunderstorm is ein Gewitter.

Where you hear stürmen

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

German · Intermediate Level 1

  • Es stürmt. It's storming.
  • Es hat die ganze Nacht gestürmt. It stormed the whole night.
  • Morgen stürmt es wieder. Tomorrow it'll storm again.
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A Storm

Intermediate Level 1 · Kaum. Es hat die ganze Nacht gestürmt.

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