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Lotte leitet die Studierenden an, ihre Thesen auf bunten Karten an die Wand zu heften. Lotte guides the students in pinning their theses on colourful cards to the wall.

verb · C1

anleiten

[ˈanˌlaɪ̯tn̩]

to guide, to instruct

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es leitet an What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es leitete an The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat angeleitet The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich leite anleitete anhabe angeleitet
du leitest anleitetest anhast angeleitet
er/sie/es leitet anleitete anhat angeleitet
wir leiten anleiteten anhaben angeleitet
ihr leitet anleitetet anhabt angeleitet
sie/Sie leiten anleiteten anhaben angeleitet
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte angeleitetwerde anleitenwerde angeleitet haben
du hattest angeleitetwirst anleitenwirst angeleitet haben
er/sie/es hatte angeleitetwird anleitenwird angeleitet haben
wir hatten angeleitetwerden anleitenwerden angeleitet haben
ihr hattet angeleitetwerdet anleitenwerdet angeleitet haben
sie/Sie hatten angeleitetwerden anleitenwerden angeleitet haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich leitete an
du leitetest an
er/sie/es leitete an
wir leiteten an
ihr leitetet an
sie/Sie leiteten an
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde anleiten.

Person Imperativ
du leite an!
ihr leitet an!
Sie leiten Sie an!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

an prefix leit root en ending

an-
to, at, the start of something: ankommen (to arrive), anrufen (to call). Separable: Ich rufe dich an.
-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

In Otti's situations: Lotte teaches a seminar

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