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GERMAN VERB

teilnehmen

to take part

  • #326 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: teilgenommen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use teilnehmen

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

  1. Present

    Ich nehme an einem Deutschkurs teil.

    I'm taking part in a German course.

  2. Simple past

    Über hundert Läufer nahmen am Rennen teil.

    Over a hundred runners took part in the race.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du an der Sitzung teilgenommen?

    Did you take part in the meeting?

  4. Future

    Wir werden am Wettbewerb teilnehmen.

    We'll take part in the competition.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde gern teilnehmen, wenn es klappt.

    I'd like to take part if it works out.

  6. Imperative

    Nimm doch auch teil, es macht Spaß.

    Why don't you take part too, it's fun.

Good to know

  • You take part an something, in the dative: ich nehme am Kurs teil.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.