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Kalle's knee is bleeding after the football match.
Kalles Knie blutet nach dem Fußballspiel. Kalle's knee is bleeding after the football match.

verb · A2

bluten

[ˈbluːtn̩]

to bleed

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es blutet What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es blutete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat geblutet 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 bluteblutetehabe geblutet
du blutestblutetesthast geblutet
er/sie/es blutetblutetehat geblutet
wir blutenblutetenhaben geblutet
ihr blutetblutetethabt geblutet
sie/Sie blutenblutetenhaben geblutet
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 geblutetwerde blutenwerde geblutet haben
du hattest geblutetwirst blutenwirst geblutet haben
er/sie/es hatte geblutetwird blutenwird geblutet haben
wir hatten geblutetwerden blutenwerden geblutet haben
ihr hattet geblutetwerdet blutenwerdet geblutet haben
sie/Sie hatten geblutetwerden blutenwerden geblutet 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 blutete
du blutetest
er/sie/es blutete
wir bluteten
ihr blutetet
sie/Sie bluteten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du blute!
ihr blutet!
Sie bluten Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

blut root en ending

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

Word family

das Blutblutig

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