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Im Schatten der alten Buchen gedeihen Farne, Moose und seltene Orchideen. Ferns, mosses and rare orchids thrive in the shade of the old beeches.

verb · C1

gedeihen

[ɡəˈdaɪ̯ən]

to thrive, to flourish

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es gedeiht What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es gedieh The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es ist gediehen 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 gedeihegediehbin gediehen
du gedeihstgediehstbist gediehen
er/sie/es gedeihtgediehist gediehen
wir gedeihengediehensind gediehen
ihr gedeihtgediehtseid gediehen
sie/Sie gedeihengediehensind gediehen
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 war gediehenwerde gedeihenwerde gediehen sein
du warst gediehenwirst gedeihenwirst gediehen sein
er/sie/es war gediehenwird gedeihenwird gediehen sein
wir waren gediehenwerden gedeihenwerden gediehen sein
ihr wart gediehenwerdet gedeihenwerdet gediehen sein
sie/Sie waren gediehenwerden gedeihenwerden gediehen sein
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 gediehe
du gediehest
er/sie/es gediehe
wir gediehen
ihr gediehet
sie/Sie gediehen
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
Person Imperativ
du gedeih!
ihr gedeiht!
Sie gedeihen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

gedeih root en ending

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

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