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verb · C1

lenken

[ˈlɛŋkn̩]

to steer, to guide, to direct

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es lenkt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es lenkte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gelenkt 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 lenkelenktehabe gelenkt
du lenkstlenktesthast gelenkt
er/sie/es lenktlenktehat gelenkt
wir lenkenlenktenhaben gelenkt
ihr lenktlenktethabt gelenkt
sie/Sie lenkenlenktenhaben gelenkt
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 gelenktwerde lenkenwerde gelenkt haben
du hattest gelenktwirst lenkenwirst gelenkt haben
er/sie/es hatte gelenktwird lenkenwird gelenkt haben
wir hatten gelenktwerden lenkenwerden gelenkt haben
ihr hattet gelenktwerdet lenkenwerdet gelenkt haben
sie/Sie hatten gelenktwerden lenkenwerden gelenkt 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 lenkte
du lenktest
er/sie/es lenkte
wir lenkten
ihr lenktet
sie/Sie lenkten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du lenk!
ihr lenkt!
Sie lenken Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

lenk root en ending

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

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