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GERMAN VERB

übernachten

to stay overnight

  • #431 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: übernachtet

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use übernachten

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

  1. Present

    Wir übernachten heute bei meinen Eltern.

    We're staying at my parents' tonight.

  2. Simple past

    Auf der Reise übernachteten wir in kleinen Pensionen.

    On the trip we stayed in small guesthouses.

  3. Perfect

    Habt ihr im Hotel oder im Zelt übernachtet?

    Did you spend the night in the hotel or the tent?

  4. Future

    Ich werde eine Nacht in Hamburg übernachten.

    I'll stay one night in Hamburg.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde lieber in der Stadt übernachten.

    I'd rather stay overnight in town.

  6. Imperative

    Übernachte bei uns, es ist zu spät zum Fahren.

    Stay the night with us, it's too late to drive.

Good to know

  • Übernachten bei is to stay the night at someone's: Ich übernachte bei einer Freundin.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.