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Otti packt seinen Rucksack. Otti packs his backpack.

verb · A1

packen

[ˈpakn̩]

to pack

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Antonyms
auspacken

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Other Examples

  • Packst du heute den Koffer?

    Are you packing the suitcase today?

  • Ich packe meine Tasche für den Urlaub.

    I'm packing my bag for the holiday.

  • Wir packen alles ins Auto.

    We pack everything into the car.

  • Packt ihr schon für die Reise?

    Are you packing for the trip already?

  • Frida und Bruno packen das Essen für die Party.

    Frida and Bruno pack the food for the party.

Grammar

Present
er/sie/es packt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es packte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gepackt 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 packepacktehabe gepackt
du packstpacktesthast gepackt
er/sie/es packtpacktehat gepackt
wir packenpacktenhaben gepackt
ihr packtpacktethabt gepackt
sie/Sie packenpacktenhaben gepackt
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 gepacktwerde packenwerde gepackt haben
du hattest gepacktwirst packenwirst gepackt haben
er/sie/es hatte gepacktwird packenwird gepackt haben
wir hatten gepacktwerden packenwerden gepackt haben
ihr hattet gepacktwerdet packenwerdet gepackt haben
sie/Sie hatten gepacktwerden packenwerden gepackt 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 packte
du packtest
er/sie/es packte
wir packten
ihr packtet
sie/Sie packten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du pack!
ihr packt!
Sie packen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

pack root en ending

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

Word family

In Otti's situations: Otti packs the backpack, Emil flies to his cousins

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