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Fridas Knie heilt langsam, deshalb trägt sie noch eine Bandage. Frida's knee is healing slowly, so she's still wearing a support.

verb · B2

heilen

[ˈhaɪ̯lən]

to heal, to cure

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es heilt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es heilte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat geheilt 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 heileheiltehabe geheilt
du heilstheiltesthast geheilt
er/sie/es heiltheiltehat geheilt
wir heilenheiltenhaben geheilt
ihr heiltheiltethabt geheilt
sie/Sie heilenheiltenhaben geheilt
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 geheiltwerde heilenwerde geheilt haben
du hattest geheiltwirst heilenwirst geheilt haben
er/sie/es hatte geheiltwird heilenwird geheilt haben
wir hatten geheiltwerden heilenwerden geheilt haben
ihr hattet geheiltwerdet heilenwerdet geheilt haben
sie/Sie hatten geheiltwerden heilenwerden geheilt 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 heilte
du heiltest
er/sie/es heilte
wir heilten
ihr heiltet
sie/Sie heilten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du heil!
ihr heilt!
Sie heilen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

heil root en ending

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

Word family

die Heilungheilverheilenheilbar

In Otti's situations: Frida goes to physiotherapy

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