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GERMAN VERB

unterrichten

to teach

  • #427 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: unterrichtet

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use unterrichten

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

  1. Present

    Ich unterrichte Deutsch an einer Sprachschule.

    I teach German at a language school.

  2. Simple past

    Sie unterrichtete zehn Jahre lang Mathe.

    She taught maths for ten years.

  3. Perfect

    Er hat mich in der fünften Klasse unterrichtet.

    He taught me in year five.

  4. Future

    Ab September werde ich zwei Klassen unterrichten.

    From September I'll teach two classes.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde gern kleine Kinder unterrichten.

    I'd like to teach small children.

  6. Imperative

    Unterrichte sie langsam, sie fangen gerade erst an.

    Teach them slowly, they're only just starting.

Good to know

  • Unterrichten is to teach a subject or a class; beibringen is to teach someone one thing: Ich bringe dir Schwimmen bei.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.