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Otti hustet in seinen Arm. Otti coughs into his arm.

verb · A2

husten

[ˈhuːstn̩]

to cough

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es hustet What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es hustete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gehustet 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 hustehustetehabe gehustet
du hustesthustetesthast gehustet
er/sie/es hustethustetehat gehustet
wir hustenhustetenhaben gehustet
ihr hustethustetethabt gehustet
sie/Sie hustenhustetenhaben gehustet
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 gehustetwerde hustenwerde gehustet haben
du hattest gehustetwirst hustenwirst gehustet haben
er/sie/es hatte gehustetwird hustenwird gehustet haben
wir hatten gehustetwerden hustenwerden gehustet haben
ihr hattet gehustetwerdet hustenwerdet gehustet haben
sie/Sie hatten gehustetwerden hustenwerden gehustet 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 hustete
du hustetest
er/sie/es hustete
wir husteten
ihr hustetet
sie/Sie husteten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du huste!
ihr hustet!
Sie husten Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

hust root en ending

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

Word family

der Hustensaft

In Otti's situations: Otti has a cold

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