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Frida leitet das Team in der Frühschicht. Frida leads the team on the early shift.

verb · A2

leiten

[ˈlaɪ̯tn̩]

to lead, to run, to manage

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es leitet What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es leitete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat geleitet 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 leiteleitetehabe geleitet
du leitestleitetesthast geleitet
er/sie/es leitetleitetehat geleitet
wir leitenleitetenhaben geleitet
ihr leitetleitetethabt geleitet
sie/Sie leitenleitetenhaben geleitet
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 geleitetwerde leitenwerde geleitet haben
du hattest geleitetwirst leitenwirst geleitet haben
er/sie/es hatte geleitetwird leitenwird geleitet haben
wir hatten geleitetwerden leitenwerden geleitet haben
ihr hattet geleitetwerdet leitenwerdet geleitet haben
sie/Sie hatten geleitetwerden leitenwerden geleitet 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 leitete
du leitetest
er/sie/es leitete
wir leiteten
ihr leitetet
sie/Sie leiteten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du leite!
ihr leitet!
Sie leiten Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

leit root en ending

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

Word family

der Leiterdie Leiterindie Leitungbegleiten

In Otti's situations: Frida at work, Frida gets a promotion, Frida leads a meeting

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