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Die Schuhe passen gut. The shoes fit well.

verb · A1

passen

[ˈpasn̩]

to fit, to suit, to go with

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es passt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es passte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gepasst 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 passepasstehabe gepasst
du passtpasstesthast gepasst
er/sie/es passtpasstehat gepasst
wir passenpasstenhaben gepasst
ihr passtpasstethabt gepasst
sie/Sie passenpasstenhaben gepasst
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 gepasstwerde passenwerde gepasst haben
du hattest gepasstwirst passenwirst gepasst haben
er/sie/es hatte gepasstwird passenwird gepasst haben
wir hatten gepasstwerden passenwerden gepasst haben
ihr hattet gepasstwerdet passenwerdet gepasst haben
sie/Sie hatten gepasstwerden passenwerden gepasst 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 passte
du passtest
er/sie/es passte
wir passten
ihr passtet
sie/Sie passten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du pass!
ihr passt!
Sie passen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

pass root en ending

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

Word family

passendanpassen

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