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verb · C1

pauken

[ˈpaʊ̯kn̩]

to cram, to swot

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es paukt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es paukte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gepaukt 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 paukepauktehabe gepaukt
du paukstpauktesthast gepaukt
er/sie/es pauktpauktehat gepaukt
wir paukenpauktenhaben gepaukt
ihr pauktpauktethabt gepaukt
sie/Sie paukenpauktenhaben gepaukt
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 gepauktwerde paukenwerde gepaukt haben
du hattest gepauktwirst paukenwirst gepaukt haben
er/sie/es hatte gepauktwird paukenwird gepaukt haben
wir hatten gepauktwerden paukenwerden gepaukt haben
ihr hattet gepauktwerdet paukenwerdet gepaukt haben
sie/Sie hatten gepauktwerden paukenwerden gepaukt 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 paukte
du pauktest
er/sie/es paukte
wir paukten
ihr pauktet
sie/Sie paukten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du pauk!
ihr paukt!
Sie pauken Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

pauk root en ending

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

Word family

einpaukender Paukerdie Pauke

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