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GERMAN VERB

wehen

to blow, of the wind

  • #424 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: geweht

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. es it blows

Simple past

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

  1. es it blew

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. es it has blown

Future

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

  1. es it will blow

Conditional

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

  1. es it would blow

How to use wehen

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

  1. Present

    Heute weht ein kalter Wind vom Meer.

    Today a cold wind is blowing from the sea.

  2. Simple past

    Gestern wehte es so stark, dass die Fähre nicht fuhr.

    Yesterday it blew so hard that the ferry didn't run.

  3. Perfect

    Die ganze Nacht hat der Wind geweht.

    The wind blew all night.

  4. Future

    Am Wochenende wird es stark wehen.

    At the weekend it'll be very windy.

  5. Conditional

    Ohne die Bäume würde der Wind hier stärker wehen.

    Without the trees the wind would blow harder here.

Good to know

  • Only the wind weht; to blow out a candle is ausblasen, to blow your nose is sich die Nase putzen.

Where you hear wehen

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German · Intermediate Level 1

  • Es weht hier immer. It's always windy here.
  • Gestern hat es stark geweht. Yesterday it was very windy.
  • Morgen weht es wieder. Tomorrow it'll be windy again.
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The Beach

Intermediate Level 1 · Ein Stuhl mit Dach. Es weht hier immer.

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