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Zwei Meisen nisten im Nistkasten an Kalles Haus. Two tits are nesting in the nest box on Kalle's house.

verb · B2

nisten

[ˈnɪstn̩]

to nest

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es nistet What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es nistete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat genistet 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 nistenistetehabe genistet
du nistestnistetesthast genistet
er/sie/es nistetnistetehat genistet
wir nistennistetenhaben genistet
ihr nistetnistetethabt genistet
sie/Sie nistennistetenhaben genistet
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 genistetwerde nistenwerde genistet haben
du hattest genistetwirst nistenwirst genistet haben
er/sie/es hatte genistetwird nistenwird genistet haben
wir hatten genistetwerden nistenwerden genistet haben
ihr hattet genistetwerdet nistenwerdet genistet haben
sie/Sie hatten genistetwerden nistenwerden genistet 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 nistete
du nistetest
er/sie/es nistete
wir nisteten
ihr nistetet
sie/Sie nisteten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du niste!
ihr nistet!
Sie nisten Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

nist root en ending

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

Word family

das Nestder Nistkasten

In Otti's situations: Kalle counts birds for science

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