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GERMAN VERB

verbringen

to spend, time

  • #457 most used
  • Mixed verb
  • Past participle: verbracht

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use verbringen

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

  1. Present

    Wir verbringen den Sommer meistens am See.

    We usually spend the summer at the lake.

  2. Simple past

    Sie verbrachte den ganzen Tag im Garten.

    She spent the whole day in the garden.

  3. Perfect

    Wo habt ihr die Feiertage verbracht?

    Where did you spend the holidays?

  4. Future

    Ich werde das Wochenende bei meinen Eltern verbringen.

    I'll spend the weekend at my parents'.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde gern mehr Zeit mit dir verbringen.

    I'd like to spend more time with you.

  6. Imperative

    Verbring den Abend lieber mit Freunden!

    Better spend the evening with friends!

Good to know

  • Verbringen is for time only; money you spend with ausgeben.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: mixed verb.