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Otti has passed the exam and is dancing with joy.
Otti hat die Prüfung bestanden und tanzt vor Freude. Otti has passed the exam and is dancing with joy.

verb · A2

bestehen

[bəˈʃteːən]

to pass

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Antonyms
durchfallen

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Grammar

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

Phrases With This Word

Conjugation

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

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich bestehebestandhabe bestanden
du bestehstbestandesthast bestanden
er/sie/es bestehtbestandhat bestanden
wir bestehenbestandenhaben bestanden
ihr bestehtbestandethabt bestanden
sie/Sie bestehenbestandenhaben bestanden
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 bestandenwerde bestehenwerde bestanden haben
du hattest bestandenwirst bestehenwirst bestanden haben
er/sie/es hatte bestandenwird bestehenwird bestanden haben
wir hatten bestandenwerden bestehenwerden bestanden haben
ihr hattet bestandenwerdet bestehenwerdet bestanden haben
sie/Sie hatten bestandenwerden bestehenwerden bestanden 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 bestände
du beständest
er/sie/es bestände
wir beständen
ihr beständet
sie/Sie beständen
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
Person Imperativ
du besteh!
ihr besteht!
Sie bestehen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

be prefix steh 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

In Otti's situations: Otti learns more German, Lotte prepares for her exams, Otti takes the B2 exam, Otti takes the C1 exam

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