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GERMAN VERB

weglassen

to leave out

  • #487 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: weggelassen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use weglassen

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

  1. Present

    Ich lasse den Zucker im Kaffee einfach weg.

    I just leave the sugar out of my coffee.

  2. Simple past

    Der Autor ließ das letzte Kapitel weg.

    The author left out the last chapter.

  3. Perfect

    Du hast in der Liste meinen Namen weggelassen.

    You left my name out of the list.

  4. Future

    Ich werde die Zwiebeln diesmal weglassen.

    I'll leave out the onions this time.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde den Satz am Anfang weglassen.

    I'd leave out the sentence at the beginning.

  6. Imperative

    Lass die Details weg, sag mir nur das Ergebnis.

    Leave out the details, just tell me the result.

Where you hear weglassen

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

German · Advanced Level 3

  • Ich lasse den Brief weg. I'm leaving the letter out.
  • Wir haben die Szene weggelassen. We left the scene out.
  • Morgen lassen wir die Musik weg. Tomorrow we leave the music out.

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