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GERMAN VERB

wehtun

to hurt

  • #261 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: wehgetan

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use wehtun

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

  1. Present

    Mein Rücken tut mir seit gestern weh.

    My back has been hurting since yesterday.

  2. Simple past

    Nach dem Lauf taten mir die Beine weh.

    After the run my legs hurt.

  3. Perfect

    Hat die Spritze wehgetan?

    Did the injection hurt?

  4. Future

    Das wird kurz wehtun, dann ist es vorbei.

    This will hurt for a moment, then it's over.

  5. Conditional

    Ein Nein von ihm würde mir sehr wehtun.

    A no from him would really hurt me.

  6. Imperative

    Tu ihm nicht weh, er ist noch klein!

    Don't hurt him, he's still little!

Good to know

  • The person who hurts is in the dative, mein Kopf tut mir weh; "Das tut weh!" is "That hurts!".

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.