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Otti passt den Sattel seines Fahrrads an seine Größe an. Otti adjusts the saddle of his bike to his height.

verb · B2

anpassen

[ˈanˌpasn̩]

to adapt, to adjust

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es passt an What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es passte an The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat angepasst 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 passe anpasste anhabe angepasst
du passt anpasstest anhast angepasst
er/sie/es passt anpasste anhat angepasst
wir passen anpassten anhaben angepasst
ihr passt anpasstet anhabt angepasst
sie/Sie passen anpassten anhaben angepasst
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 angepasstwerde anpassenwerde angepasst haben
du hattest angepasstwirst anpassenwirst angepasst haben
er/sie/es hatte angepasstwird anpassenwird angepasst haben
wir hatten angepasstwerden anpassenwerden angepasst haben
ihr hattet angepasstwerdet anpassenwerdet angepasst haben
sie/Sie hatten angepasstwerden anpassenwerden angepasst 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 passte an
du passtest an
er/sie/es passte an
wir passten an
ihr passtet an
sie/Sie passten 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 anpassen.

Person Imperativ
du pass an!
ihr passt an!
Sie passen Sie an!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

an prefix pass 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

passendie Anpassungpassend

In Otti's situations: Otti feels at home in Berlin

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