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Otti bohrt ein Loch für das neue Regal in die Wand. Otti drills a hole in the wall for the new shelf.

verb · B2

bohren

[ˈboːʁən]

to drill

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es bohrt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es bohrte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gebohrt 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 bohrebohrtehabe gebohrt
du bohrstbohrtesthast gebohrt
er/sie/es bohrtbohrtehat gebohrt
wir bohrenbohrtenhaben gebohrt
ihr bohrtbohrtethabt gebohrt
sie/Sie bohrenbohrtenhaben gebohrt
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 gebohrtwerde bohrenwerde gebohrt haben
du hattest gebohrtwirst bohrenwirst gebohrt haben
er/sie/es hatte gebohrtwird bohrenwird gebohrt haben
wir hatten gebohrtwerden bohrenwerden gebohrt haben
ihr hattet gebohrtwerdet bohrenwerdet gebohrt haben
sie/Sie hatten gebohrtwerden bohrenwerden gebohrt 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 bohrte
du bohrtest
er/sie/es bohrte
wir bohrten
ihr bohrtet
sie/Sie bohrten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du bohr!
ihr bohrt!
Sie bohren Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

bohr root en ending

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

Word family

die Bohrmaschineder Bohrerdas Bohrloch

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