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Emil entwickelt mit zwei Freunden eine App für Fahrradkuriere. Emil is developing an app for bike couriers with two friends.

verb · B2

entwickeln

[ɛntˈvɪkl̩n]

to develop

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es entwickelt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es entwickelte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat entwickelt 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 entwickleentwickeltehabe entwickelt
du entwickelstentwickeltesthast entwickelt
er/sie/es entwickeltentwickeltehat entwickelt
wir entwickelnentwickeltenhaben entwickelt
ihr entwickeltentwickeltethabt entwickelt
sie/Sie entwickelnentwickeltenhaben entwickelt
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 entwickeltwerde entwickelnwerde entwickelt haben
du hattest entwickeltwirst entwickelnwirst entwickelt haben
er/sie/es hatte entwickeltwird entwickelnwird entwickelt haben
wir hatten entwickeltwerden entwickelnwerden entwickelt haben
ihr hattet entwickeltwerdet entwickelnwerdet entwickelt haben
sie/Sie hatten entwickeltwerden entwickelnwerden entwickelt 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 entwickelte
du entwickeltest
er/sie/es entwickelte
wir entwickelten
ihr entwickeltet
sie/Sie entwickelten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du entwickle!
ihr entwickelt!
Sie entwickeln Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

ent prefix wickel root n ending

ent-
away, out of: entdecken (to discover), entfernen (to remove).
-n
the ending of the infinitive after -el or -er: wandern, sammeln.

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