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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es bricht What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es brach The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat gebrochen The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".
Phrases With This Word
- das Eis brechen to break the ice
Conjugation
The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.
| Person | Präsens | Präteritum | Perfekt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | breche | brach | habe gebrochen |
| du | brichst | brachst | hast gebrochen |
| er/sie/es | bricht | brach | hat gebrochen |
| wir | brechen | brachen | haben gebrochen |
| ihr | brecht | bracht | habt gebrochen |
| sie/Sie | brechen | brachen | haben gebrochen |
- 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
| Person | Plusquamperfekt | Futur I | Futur II |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte gebrochen | werde brechen | werde gebrochen haben |
| du | hattest gebrochen | wirst brechen | wirst gebrochen haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte gebrochen | wird brechen | wird gebrochen haben |
| wir | hatten gebrochen | werden brechen | werden gebrochen haben |
| ihr | hattet gebrochen | werdet brechen | werdet gebrochen haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten gebrochen | werden brechen | werden gebrochen 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 | bräche |
| du | brächst |
| er/sie/es | bräche |
| wir | brächen |
| ihr | brächt |
| sie/Sie | brächen |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | brich! |
| ihr | brecht! |
| Sie | brechen Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
brech root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
In Otti's situations: Otti visits Kalle in hospital
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