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Lottes Sonnenblumen blühen endlich. Lotte's sunflowers are finally in bloom.

verb · B1

blühen

[ˈblyːən]

to bloom, to flower, to blossom

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Other Examples

  • Bei mir auf dem Balkon blüht schon der Lavendel.

    The lavender on my balcony is already in bloom.

  • Blühen deine Rosen dieses Jahr wieder so schön?

    Are your roses blooming as beautifully again this year?

  • Im Mai blühen in unserer Straße alle Kastanien.

    In May all the chestnut trees on our street are in bloom.

  • Was blüht denn bei euch im Garten so gelb?

    What's that yellow flower blooming in your garden?

  • Frau Hildes Kaktus blüht nur alle fünf Jahre.

    Frau Hilde's cactus only blooms every five years.

Grammar

Present
er/sie/es blüht What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es blühte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat geblüht 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 blüheblühtehabe geblüht
du blühstblühtesthast geblüht
er/sie/es blühtblühtehat geblüht
wir blühenblühtenhaben geblüht
ihr blühtblühtethabt geblüht
sie/Sie blühenblühtenhaben geblüht
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 geblühtwerde blühenwerde geblüht haben
du hattest geblühtwirst blühenwirst geblüht haben
er/sie/es hatte geblühtwird blühenwird geblüht haben
wir hatten geblühtwerden blühenwerden geblüht haben
ihr hattet geblühtwerdet blühenwerdet geblüht haben
sie/Sie hatten geblühtwerden blühenwerden geblüht 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 blühte
du blühtest
er/sie/es blühte
wir blühten
ihr blühtet
sie/Sie blühten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du blüh!
ihr blüht!
Sie blühen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

blüh root en ending

-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

die Blütedie Blumeaufblühen

In Otti's situations: Lotte gets an allotment

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