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GERMAN VERB

vermeiden

to avoid

  • #361 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: vermieden

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use vermeiden

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

  1. Present

    Ich vermeide Zucker, so gut es geht.

    I avoid sugar as much as I can.

  2. Simple past

    Er vermied jeden Blick in ihre Richtung.

    He avoided every glance in her direction.

  3. Perfect

    Wir haben den Stau zum Glück vermieden.

    Luckily we avoided the traffic jam.

  4. Future

    Ich werde solche Fehler in Zukunft vermeiden.

    I'll avoid such mistakes in future.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde die Autobahn am Freitag vermeiden.

    I'd avoid the motorway on Friday.

  6. Imperative

    Vermeide schwere Taschen, dein Rücken braucht Ruhe.

    Avoid heavy bags, your back needs rest.

Good to know

  • Vermeiden is for things, not people: Fehler vermeiden, Stress vermeiden. To avoid a person is aus dem Weg gehen.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.