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GERMAN VERB

verhindern

to prevent

  • #360 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: verhindert

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use verhindern

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

  1. Present

    Ein Schloss verhindert das nicht immer.

    A lock doesn't always prevent that.

  2. Simple past

    Der Regen verhinderte das Konzert im Park.

    The rain prevented the concert in the park.

  3. Perfect

    Zum Glück haben wir das Schlimmste verhindert.

    Luckily we prevented the worst.

  4. Future

    Ich werde verhindern, dass er davon erfährt.

    I'll make sure he doesn't find out about it.

  5. Conditional

    Eine Impfung würde viele Krankheiten verhindern.

    A vaccination would prevent many illnesses.

  6. Imperative

    Verhindere bitte, dass die Kinder das sehen.

    Please stop the children seeing that.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.