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Emil lädt sein Handy, während er auf den nächsten Auftrag wartet. Emil charges his phone while he waits for the next job.

verb · B1

laden

[ˈlaːdn̩]

to charge, to load

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es lädt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es lud The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat geladen The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Phrases With This Word

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich ladeludhabe geladen
du lädstludesthast geladen
er/sie/es lädtludhat geladen
wir ladenludenhaben geladen
ihr ladetludethabt geladen
sie/Sie ladenludenhaben geladen
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 geladenwerde ladenwerde geladen haben
du hattest geladenwirst ladenwirst geladen haben
er/sie/es hatte geladenwird ladenwird geladen haben
wir hatten geladenwerden ladenwerden geladen haben
ihr hattet geladenwerdet ladenwerdet geladen haben
sie/Sie hatten geladenwerden ladenwerden geladen 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 lüde
du lüdest
er/sie/es lüde
wir lüden
ihr lüdet
sie/Sie lüden
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
Person Imperativ
du lade!
ihr ladet!
Sie laden Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

lad root en ending

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

Word family

das Ladegerätaufladendas Ladekabeldie Ladung

In Otti's situations: Emil's phone breaks

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