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verb · A1

bringen

[ˈbʁɪŋən]

to bring, to take

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es bringt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es brachte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gebracht The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Phrases With This Word

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich bringebrachtehabe gebracht
du bringstbrachtesthast gebracht
er/sie/es bringtbrachtehat gebracht
wir bringenbrachtenhaben gebracht
ihr bringtbrachtethabt gebracht
sie/Sie bringenbrachtenhaben gebracht
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 gebrachtwerde bringenwerde gebracht haben
du hattest gebrachtwirst bringenwirst gebracht haben
er/sie/es hatte gebrachtwird bringenwird gebracht haben
wir hatten gebrachtwerden bringenwerden gebracht haben
ihr hattet gebrachtwerdet bringenwerdet gebracht haben
sie/Sie hatten gebrachtwerden bringenwerden gebracht 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 brächte
du brächtest
er/sie/es brächte
wir brächten
ihr brächtet
sie/Sie brächten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
Person Imperativ
du bring!
ihr bringt!
Sie bringen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

bring root en ending

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

Word family

mitbringenverbringenbeibringenzurückbringen

In Otti's situations: Otti's day

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