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Kalle bremst plötzlich, weil eine Entenfamilie die Straße überquert. Kalle suddenly brakes because a family of ducks is crossing the road.

verb · B1

bremsen

[ˈbʁɛmzn̩]

to brake

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es bremst What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es bremste The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gebremst 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 bremsebremstehabe gebremst
du bremstbremstesthast gebremst
er/sie/es bremstbremstehat gebremst
wir bremsenbremstenhaben gebremst
ihr bremstbremstethabt gebremst
sie/Sie bremsenbremstenhaben gebremst
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 gebremstwerde bremsenwerde gebremst haben
du hattest gebremstwirst bremsenwirst gebremst haben
er/sie/es hatte gebremstwird bremsenwird gebremst haben
wir hatten gebremstwerden bremsenwerden gebremst haben
ihr hattet gebremstwerdet bremsenwerdet gebremst haben
sie/Sie hatten gebremstwerden bremsenwerden gebremst 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 bremste
du bremstest
er/sie/es bremste
wir bremsten
ihr bremstet
sie/Sie bremsten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du brems!
ihr bremst!
Sie bremsen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

brems root en ending

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

Word family

die Bremseder Bremswegdie Notbremse

In Otti's situations: Kalle learns to drive

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