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In der Firma entwickeln wir gerade ein Programm, das Rechnungen automatisch prüft.
At the company we're currently developing a program that checks invoices automatically.
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.
| Person | Präsens | Präteritum | Perfekt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | entwickle | entwickelte | habe entwickelt |
| du | entwickelst | entwickeltest | hast entwickelt |
| er/sie/es | entwickelt | entwickelte | hat entwickelt |
| wir | entwickeln | entwickelten | haben entwickelt |
| ihr | entwickelt | entwickeltet | habt entwickelt |
| sie/Sie | entwickeln | entwickelten | haben 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
| Person | Plusquamperfekt | Futur I | Futur II |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte entwickelt | werde entwickeln | werde entwickelt haben |
| du | hattest entwickelt | wirst entwickeln | wirst entwickelt haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte entwickelt | wird entwickeln | wird entwickelt haben |
| wir | hatten entwickelt | werden entwickeln | werden entwickelt haben |
| ihr | hattet entwickelt | werdet entwickeln | werdet entwickelt haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten entwickelt | werden entwickeln | werden 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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