verb · B1
leisten
[ˈlaɪ̯stn̩]
to achieve, to do (work), to afford (sich leisten)
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Other Examples
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Nach der Beförderung leiste ich mir ein neues Fahrrad.
After the promotion, I'm treating myself to a new bike.
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Die Kuriere leisteten im Dezember viele Überstunden.
The couriers worked a lot of overtime in December.
Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es leistet What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es leistete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat geleistet 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.
| Person | Präsens | Präteritum | Perfekt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | leiste | leistete | habe geleistet |
| du | leistest | leistetest | hast geleistet |
| er/sie/es | leistet | leistete | hat geleistet |
| wir | leisten | leisteten | haben geleistet |
| ihr | leistet | leistetet | habt geleistet |
| sie/Sie | leisten | leisteten | haben geleistet |
- 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
| Person | Plusquamperfekt | Futur I | Futur II |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte geleistet | werde leisten | werde geleistet haben |
| du | hattest geleistet | wirst leisten | wirst geleistet haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte geleistet | wird leisten | wird geleistet haben |
| wir | hatten geleistet | werden leisten | werden geleistet haben |
| ihr | hattet geleistet | werdet leisten | werdet geleistet haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten geleistet | werden leisten | werden geleistet 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 | leistete |
| du | leistetest |
| er/sie/es | leistete |
| wir | leisteten |
| ihr | leistetet |
| sie/Sie | leisteten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde leisten.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | leiste! |
| ihr | leistet! |
| Sie | leisten Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
leist root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
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