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Emil bemerkt am Ufer einen Eisvogel. On the shore, Emil notices a kingfisher.

verb · B2

bemerken

[bəˈmɛʁkn̩]

to notice, to remark

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es bemerkt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es bemerkte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat bemerkt 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 bemerkebemerktehabe bemerkt
du bemerkstbemerktesthast bemerkt
er/sie/es bemerktbemerktehat bemerkt
wir bemerkenbemerktenhaben bemerkt
ihr bemerktbemerktethabt bemerkt
sie/Sie bemerkenbemerktenhaben bemerkt
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 bemerktwerde bemerkenwerde bemerkt haben
du hattest bemerktwirst bemerkenwirst bemerkt haben
er/sie/es hatte bemerktwird bemerkenwird bemerkt haben
wir hatten bemerktwerden bemerkenwerden bemerkt haben
ihr hattet bemerktwerdet bemerkenwerdet bemerkt haben
sie/Sie hatten bemerktwerden bemerkenwerden bemerkt 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 bemerkte
du bemerktest
er/sie/es bemerkte
wir bemerkten
ihr bemerktet
sie/Sie bemerkten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du bemerk!
ihr bemerkt!
Sie bemerken Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

be prefix merk 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

merkendie Bemerkungbemerkbar

In Otti's situations: Emil spends a weekend offline

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