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Frida dehnt nach dem Laufen ihre Beine am Zaun. After running, Frida stretches her legs against the fence.

verb · B2

dehnen

[ˈdeːnən]

to stretch

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es dehnt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es dehnte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gedehnt 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 dehnedehntehabe gedehnt
du dehnstdehntesthast gedehnt
er/sie/es dehntdehntehat gedehnt
wir dehnendehntenhaben gedehnt
ihr dehntdehntethabt gedehnt
sie/Sie dehnendehntenhaben gedehnt
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 gedehntwerde dehnenwerde gedehnt haben
du hattest gedehntwirst dehnenwirst gedehnt haben
er/sie/es hatte gedehntwird dehnenwird gedehnt haben
wir hatten gedehntwerden dehnenwerden gedehnt haben
ihr hattet gedehntwerdet dehnenwerdet gedehnt haben
sie/Sie hatten gedehntwerden dehnenwerden gedehnt 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 dehnte
du dehntest
er/sie/es dehnte
wir dehnten
ihr dehntet
sie/Sie dehnten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du dehn!
ihr dehnt!
Sie dehnen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

dehn root en ending

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

Word family

die Dehnungdie Dehnübungausdehnen

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