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GERMAN VERB

weichen

to yield, to give way

  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: gewichen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use weichen

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

  1. Present

    Der Nebel weicht langsam der Sonne.

    The fog is slowly giving way to the sun.

  2. Simple past

    Der Hund wich keinen Schritt von ihrer Seite.

    The dog didn't leave her side for a moment.

  3. Perfect

    Die Angst ist einer großen Ruhe gewichen.

    The fear has given way to a great calm.

  4. Future

    Der Schnee wird bald dem Frühling weichen.

    The snow will soon give way to spring.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde keinen Zentimeter weichen.

    I wouldn't budge a centimetre.

  6. Imperative

    Weich nicht von meiner Seite, hier ist es voll.

    Don't leave my side, it's crowded here.

Good to know

  • Weichen goes with sein; nicht von der Seite weichen is to never leave someone's side.

Where you hear weichen

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

German · Fluency Level 2

  • Das Wasser weicht nicht. The water does not give way.
  • Wir sind nicht gewichen. We did not yield.
  • Wer nicht hilft, wird weichen. Whoever does not help will have to go.
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A Saying on the Dyke

Fluency Level 2 · Wer nicht will deichen, muss weichen.

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