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Late at night, Lotte books a room by the sea.
Lotte bucht spät in der Nacht ein Zimmer am Meer. Late at night, Lotte books a room by the sea.

verb · A2

buchen

[ˈbuːxn̩]

to book

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Synonyms
reservieren
Antonyms
stornieren

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es bucht What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es buchte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gebucht 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 buchebuchtehabe gebucht
du buchstbuchtesthast gebucht
er/sie/es buchtbuchtehat gebucht
wir buchenbuchtenhaben gebucht
ihr buchtbuchtethabt gebucht
sie/Sie buchenbuchtenhaben gebucht
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 gebuchtwerde buchenwerde gebucht haben
du hattest gebuchtwirst buchenwirst gebucht haben
er/sie/es hatte gebuchtwird buchenwird gebucht haben
wir hatten gebuchtwerden buchenwerden gebucht haben
ihr hattet gebuchtwerdet buchenwerdet gebucht haben
sie/Sie hatten gebuchtwerden buchenwerden gebucht 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 buchte
du buchtest
er/sie/es buchte
wir buchten
ihr buchtet
sie/Sie buchten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du buch!
ihr bucht!
Sie buchen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

buch root en ending

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

Word family

In Otti's situations: Lotte books a holiday

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