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Emil parkt sein Fahrrad am Baum. Emil parks his bike by the tree.

verb · A1

parken

[ˈpaʁkn̩]

to park

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es parkt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es parkte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat geparkt 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 parkeparktehabe geparkt
du parkstparktesthast geparkt
er/sie/es parktparktehat geparkt
wir parkenparktenhaben geparkt
ihr parktparktethabt geparkt
sie/Sie parkenparktenhaben geparkt
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 geparktwerde parkenwerde geparkt haben
du hattest geparktwirst parkenwirst geparkt haben
er/sie/es hatte geparktwird parkenwird geparkt haben
wir hatten geparktwerden parkenwerden geparkt haben
ihr hattet geparktwerdet parkenwerdet geparkt haben
sie/Sie hatten geparktwerden parkenwerden geparkt 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 parkte
du parktest
er/sie/es parkte
wir parkten
ihr parktet
sie/Sie parkten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du park!
ihr parkt!
Sie parken Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

park root en ending

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

Word family

der Parkplatzdas Parkhausdie Parkuhr

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