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Frida belastet ihr Knie vorsichtig und steigt langsam die Treppe hinauf. Frida carefully puts weight on her knee and slowly climbs the stairs.

verb · B2

belasten

[bəˈlastn̩]

to put weight on, to strain, to burden

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Antonyms
sich schonen

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es belastet What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es belastete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat belastet 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 belastebelastetehabe belastet
du belastestbelastetesthast belastet
er/sie/es belastetbelastetehat belastet
wir belastenbelastetenhaben belastet
ihr belastetbelastetethabt belastet
sie/Sie belastenbelastetenhaben belastet
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 belastetwerde belastenwerde belastet haben
du hattest belastetwirst belastenwirst belastet haben
er/sie/es hatte belastetwird belastenwird belastet haben
wir hatten belastetwerden belastenwerden belastet haben
ihr hattet belastetwerdet belastenwerdet belastet haben
sie/Sie hatten belastetwerden belastenwerden belastet 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 belastete
du belastetest
er/sie/es belastete
wir belasteten
ihr belastetet
sie/Sie belasteten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du belaste!
ihr belastet!
Sie belasten Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

be prefix last root en ending

be-
makes a verb take a direct object: zahlen (to pay) → die Rechnung bezahlen (to pay the bill).
-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

die Belastungdie Lastentlastenbelastbar

In Otti's situations: Frida goes to physiotherapy

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