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Emil langweilt sich ohne Handy und starrt an die Decke. Without his phone, Emil is bored and stares at the ceiling.

verb · B2

langweilen

[ˈlaŋˌvaɪ̯lən]

to bore, to be bored

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es langweilt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es langweilte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gelangweilt 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 langweilelangweiltehabe gelangweilt
du langweilstlangweiltesthast gelangweilt
er/sie/es langweiltlangweiltehat gelangweilt
wir langweilenlangweiltenhaben gelangweilt
ihr langweiltlangweiltethabt gelangweilt
sie/Sie langweilenlangweiltenhaben gelangweilt
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 gelangweiltwerde langweilenwerde gelangweilt haben
du hattest gelangweiltwirst langweilenwirst gelangweilt haben
er/sie/es hatte gelangweiltwird langweilenwird gelangweilt haben
wir hatten gelangweiltwerden langweilenwerden gelangweilt haben
ihr hattet gelangweiltwerdet langweilenwerdet gelangweilt haben
sie/Sie hatten gelangweiltwerden langweilenwerden gelangweilt 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 langweilte
du langweiltest
er/sie/es langweilte
wir langweilten
ihr langweiltet
sie/Sie langweilten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du langweil!
ihr langweilt!
Sie langweilen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

lang root weil root en ending

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

Word family

In Otti's situations: Emil spends a weekend offline

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