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Otti fordert selbstbewusst zehn Prozent mehr Gehalt. Otti confidently asks for ten per cent more pay.

verb · B2

fordern

[ˈfɔʁdɐn]

to demand, to ask for

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Other Examples

  • Ich fordere ja nichts Unmögliches, nur ein faires Gehalt.

    I'm not asking for anything impossible, just a fair salary.

  • Du forderst zu viel auf einmal, das schreckt die Chefin ab.

    You're asking for too much at once; it puts the boss off.

  • Wir fordern mehr Pausen für alle im Team.

    We're asking for more breaks for everyone on the team.

  • Was fordert ihr eigentlich genau von uns?

    What exactly are you asking of us?

  • Die Kinder fordern lautstark ein zweites Eis.

    The children loudly demand a second ice cream.

Grammar

Present
er/sie/es fordert What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es forderte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gefordert 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 forderefordertehabe gefordert
du forderstfordertesthast gefordert
er/sie/es fordertfordertehat gefordert
wir fordernfordertenhaben gefordert
ihr fordertfordertethabt gefordert
sie/Sie fordernfordertenhaben gefordert
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 gefordertwerde fordernwerde gefordert haben
du hattest gefordertwirst fordernwirst gefordert haben
er/sie/es hatte gefordertwird fordernwird gefordert haben
wir hatten gefordertwerden fordernwerden gefordert haben
ihr hattet gefordertwerdet fordernwerdet gefordert haben
sie/Sie hatten gefordertwerden fordernwerden gefordert 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 forderte
du fordertest
er/sie/es forderte
wir forderten
ihr fordertet
sie/Sie forderten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du fordere!
ihr fordert!
Sie fordern Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

forder root n ending

-n
the ending of the infinitive after -el or -er: wandern, sammeln.

Word family

die Forderungaufforderndie Herausforderung

In Otti's situations: Otti asks for a pay rise

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