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Im Restaurant decken die Kellner die Tische mit weißen Tischdecken.
In the restaurant the waiters cover the tables with white tablecloths.
Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es deckt What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es deckte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat gedeckt The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".
Phrases With This Word
- den Tisch decken to set the table
Conjugation
The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.
| Person | Präsens | Präteritum | Perfekt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | decke | deckte | habe gedeckt |
| du | deckst | decktest | hast gedeckt |
| er/sie/es | deckt | deckte | hat gedeckt |
| wir | decken | deckten | haben gedeckt |
| ihr | deckt | decktet | habt gedeckt |
| sie/Sie | decken | deckten | haben gedeckt |
- 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 gedeckt | werde decken | werde gedeckt haben |
| du | hattest gedeckt | wirst decken | wirst gedeckt haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte gedeckt | wird decken | wird gedeckt haben |
| wir | hatten gedeckt | werden decken | werden gedeckt haben |
| ihr | hattet gedeckt | werdet decken | werdet gedeckt haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten gedeckt | werden decken | werden gedeckt 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 | deckte |
| du | decktest |
| er/sie/es | deckte |
| wir | deckten |
| ihr | decktet |
| sie/Sie | deckten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde decken.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | deck! |
| ihr | deckt! |
| Sie | decken Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
deck root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
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