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Otti mag Äpfel. Otti likes apples.

verb · A1

mögen

[ˈmøːɡn̩]

to like

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Other Examples

  • Ich mag keinen Fisch.

    I don't like fish.

  • Magst du Musik?

    Do you like music?

  • Wir mögen das alte Flugfeld.

    We like the old airfield.

  • Mögt ihr Pizza?

    Do you like pizza?

  • Frau Hilde, mögen Sie Tee mit Zucker?

    Frau Hilde, do you like tea with sugar?

Grammar

Present
er/sie/es mag What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es mochte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gemocht 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 magmochtehabe gemocht
du magstmochtesthast gemocht
er/sie/es magmochtehat gemocht
wir mögenmochtenhaben gemocht
ihr mögtmochtethabt gemocht
sie/Sie mögenmochtenhaben gemocht
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 gemochtwerde mögenwerde gemocht haben
du hattest gemochtwirst mögenwirst gemocht haben
er/sie/es hatte gemochtwird mögenwird gemocht haben
wir hatten gemochtwerden mögenwerden gemocht haben
ihr hattet gemochtwerdet mögenwerdet gemocht haben
sie/Sie hatten gemochtwerden mögenwerden gemocht 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 möchte
du möchtest
er/sie/es möchte
wir möchten
ihr möchtet
sie/Sie möchten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

How the Word Is Built

mög root en ending

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

In Otti's situations: Otti can and must

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