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Otti lebt jetzt in Berlin. Otti lives in Berlin now.

verb · A1

leben

[ˈleːbn̩]

to live

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es lebt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es lebte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gelebt 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 lebelebtehabe gelebt
du lebstlebtesthast gelebt
er/sie/es lebtlebtehat gelebt
wir lebenlebtenhaben gelebt
ihr lebtlebtethabt gelebt
sie/Sie lebenlebtenhaben gelebt
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 gelebtwerde lebenwerde gelebt haben
du hattest gelebtwirst lebenwirst gelebt haben
er/sie/es hatte gelebtwird lebenwird gelebt haben
wir hatten gelebtwerden lebenwerden gelebt haben
ihr hattet gelebtwerdet lebenwerdet gelebt haben
sie/Sie hatten gelebtwerden lebenwerden gelebt 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 lebte
du lebtest
er/sie/es lebte
wir lebten
ihr lebtet
sie/Sie lebten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du leb!
ihr lebt!
Sie leben Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

leb root en ending

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

Word family

In Otti's situations: Otti meets Frida

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