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Bruno lüftet die Küche nach dem Kochen. Bruno airs the kitchen after cooking.

verb · A2

lüften

[ˈlʏftn̩]

to air, to ventilate

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es lüftet What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es lüftete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gelüftet 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 lüftelüftetehabe gelüftet
du lüftestlüftetesthast gelüftet
er/sie/es lüftetlüftetehat gelüftet
wir lüftenlüftetenhaben gelüftet
ihr lüftetlüftetethabt gelüftet
sie/Sie lüftenlüftetenhaben gelüftet
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 gelüftetwerde lüftenwerde gelüftet haben
du hattest gelüftetwirst lüftenwirst gelüftet haben
er/sie/es hatte gelüftetwird lüftenwird gelüftet haben
wir hatten gelüftetwerden lüftenwerden gelüftet haben
ihr hattet gelüftetwerdet lüftenwerdet gelüftet haben
sie/Sie hatten gelüftetwerden lüftenwerden gelüftet 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 lüftete
du lüftetest
er/sie/es lüftete
wir lüfteten
ihr lüftetet
sie/Sie lüfteten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du lüfte!
ihr lüftet!
Sie lüften Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

lüft root en ending

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

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