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GERMAN VERB

zurückgeben

to give back

  • #476 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: zurückgegeben

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use zurückgeben

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

  1. Present

    Ich gebe dir das Buch morgen zurück.

    I'll give you the book back tomorrow.

  2. Simple past

    Der Kellner gab mir zu viel Wechselgeld zurück.

    The waiter gave me too much change back.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du Paul den Schlüssel zurückgegeben?

    Did you give Paul the key back?

  4. Future

    Ich werde die Jacke im Laden zurückgeben.

    I'll return the jacket to the shop.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde das Geld sofort zurückgeben.

    I would give the money back immediately.

  6. Imperative

    Gib mir bitte meinen Stift zurück.

    Please give me my pen back.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.