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Emil interviewt einen Straßenmusiker direkt am Alexanderplatz. Emil interviews a street musician right at Alexanderplatz.

verb · B2

interviewen

[ɪntɐˈvjuːən]

to interview

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es interviewt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es interviewte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat interviewt 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 intervieweinterviewtehabe interviewt
du interviewstinterviewtesthast interviewt
er/sie/es interviewtinterviewtehat interviewt
wir intervieweninterviewtenhaben interviewt
ihr interviewtinterviewtethabt interviewt
sie/Sie intervieweninterviewtenhaben interviewt
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 interviewtwerde interviewenwerde interviewt haben
du hattest interviewtwirst interviewenwirst interviewt haben
er/sie/es hatte interviewtwird interviewenwird interviewt haben
wir hatten interviewtwerden interviewenwerden interviewt haben
ihr hattet interviewtwerdet interviewenwerdet interviewt haben
sie/Sie hatten interviewtwerden interviewenwerden interviewt 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 interviewte
du interviewtest
er/sie/es interviewte
wir interviewten
ihr interviewtet
sie/Sie interviewten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du interview!
ihr interviewt!
Sie interviewen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

interview root en ending

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

Word family

das Interviewder Interviewer

In Otti's situations: Emil starts a podcast

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