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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es findet What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es fand The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat gefunden The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".
Phrases With This Word
- einen gemeinsamen Nenner finden to find common ground
Conjugation
The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.
| Person | Präsens | Präteritum | Perfekt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | finde | fand | habe gefunden |
| du | findest | fandest | hast gefunden |
| er/sie/es | findet | fand | hat gefunden |
| wir | finden | fanden | haben gefunden |
| ihr | findet | fandet | habt gefunden |
| sie/Sie | finden | fanden | haben gefunden |
- 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 gefunden | werde finden | werde gefunden haben |
| du | hattest gefunden | wirst finden | wirst gefunden haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte gefunden | wird finden | wird gefunden haben |
| wir | hatten gefunden | werden finden | werden gefunden haben |
| ihr | hattet gefunden | werdet finden | werdet gefunden haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten gefunden | werden finden | werden gefunden 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 | fände |
| du | fändest |
| er/sie/es | fände |
| wir | fänden |
| ihr | fändet |
| sie/Sie | fänden |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | finde! |
| ihr | findet! |
| Sie | finden Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
find root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
herausfindenwiederfindender Fund
In Otti's situations: Otti asks the way
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