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Bruno is grilling sausages in the garden.
Bruno grillt Würstchen im Garten. Bruno is grilling sausages in the garden.

verb · A1

grillen

[ˈɡʁɪlən]

to barbecue, to grill

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es grillt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es grillte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gegrillt 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 grillegrilltehabe gegrillt
du grillstgrilltesthast gegrillt
er/sie/es grilltgrilltehat gegrillt
wir grillengrilltenhaben gegrillt
ihr grilltgrilltethabt gegrillt
sie/Sie grillengrilltenhaben gegrillt
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 gegrilltwerde grillenwerde gegrillt haben
du hattest gegrilltwirst grillenwirst gegrillt haben
er/sie/es hatte gegrilltwird grillenwird gegrillt haben
wir hatten gegrilltwerden grillenwerden gegrillt haben
ihr hattet gegrilltwerdet grillenwerdet gegrillt haben
sie/Sie hatten gegrilltwerden grillenwerden gegrillt 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 grillte
du grilltest
er/sie/es grillte
wir grillten
ihr grilltet
sie/Sie grillten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du grill!
ihr grillt!
Sie grillen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

grill root en ending

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

Word family

der Grilldie Grillpartydas Grillfest

In Otti's situations: Bruno cooks for his friends

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