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Vor dem Spiegel formuliert Otti seine Antworten für die mündliche Prüfung. In front of the mirror, Otti phrases his answers for the oral exam.

verb · B2

formulieren

[fɔʁmuˈliːʁən]

to phrase, to formulate, to put into words

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es formuliert What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es formulierte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat formuliert 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 formuliereformuliertehabe formuliert
du formulierstformuliertesthast formuliert
er/sie/es formuliertformuliertehat formuliert
wir formulierenformuliertenhaben formuliert
ihr formuliertformuliertethabt formuliert
sie/Sie formulierenformuliertenhaben formuliert
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 formuliertwerde formulierenwerde formuliert haben
du hattest formuliertwirst formulierenwirst formuliert haben
er/sie/es hatte formuliertwird formulierenwird formuliert haben
wir hatten formuliertwerden formulierenwerden formuliert haben
ihr hattet formuliertwerdet formulierenwerdet formuliert haben
sie/Sie hatten formuliertwerden formulierenwerden formuliert 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 formulierte
du formuliertest
er/sie/es formulierte
wir formulierten
ihr formuliertet
sie/Sie formulierten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du formulier!
ihr formuliert!
Sie formulieren Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

formul root ier suffix en ending

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

Word family

die Formulierungumformulieren

In Otti's situations: Otti takes the B2 exam

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