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Otti macht sein Bett. Otti makes his bed.

verb · A1

machen

[ˈmaxn̩]

to make, to do

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Synonyms
tun

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Other Examples

  • Was machst du heute?

    What are you doing today?

  • Ich mache meine Hausaufgaben.

    I'm doing my homework.

  • Am Samstag machen wir ein Picknick im Park.

    On Saturday we're having a picnic in the park.

  • Ihr macht das sehr gut!

    You're doing that very well!

  • Bruno und Lotte machen einen Obstsalat.

    Bruno and Lotte are making a fruit salad.

Grammar

Present
er/sie/es macht What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es machte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gemacht 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 machemachtehabe gemacht
du machstmachtesthast gemacht
er/sie/es machtmachtehat gemacht
wir machenmachtenhaben gemacht
ihr machtmachtethabt gemacht
sie/Sie machenmachtenhaben gemacht
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 gemachtwerde machenwerde gemacht haben
du hattest gemachtwirst machenwirst gemacht haben
er/sie/es hatte gemachtwird machenwird gemacht haben
wir hatten gemachtwerden machenwerden gemacht haben
ihr hattet gemachtwerdet machenwerdet gemacht haben
sie/Sie hatten gemachtwerden machenwerden gemacht 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 machte
du machtest
er/sie/es machte
wir machten
ihr machtet
sie/Sie machten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du mach!
ihr macht!
Sie machen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

mach root en ending

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

Word family

In Otti's situations: Otti's day

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