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Otti niest dreimal hintereinander. Otti sneezes three times in a row.

verb · A2

niesen

[ˈniːzn̩]

to sneeze

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es niest What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es nieste The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat geniest 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 nieseniestehabe geniest
du niestniestesthast geniest
er/sie/es niestniestehat geniest
wir niesenniestenhaben geniest
ihr niestniestethabt geniest
sie/Sie niesenniestenhaben geniest
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 geniestwerde niesenwerde geniest haben
du hattest geniestwirst niesenwirst geniest haben
er/sie/es hatte geniestwird niesenwird geniest haben
wir hatten geniestwerden niesenwerden geniest haben
ihr hattet geniestwerdet niesenwerdet geniest haben
sie/Sie hatten geniestwerden niesenwerden geniest 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 nieste
du niestest
er/sie/es nieste
wir niesten
ihr niestet
sie/Sie niesten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du nies!
ihr niest!
Sie niesen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

nies root en ending

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

In Otti's situations: Otti has a cold

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