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Lotte postet ein Foto von ihren Sonnenblumen. Lotte posts a photo of her sunflowers.

verb · B1

posten

[ˈpɔʊ̯stn̩]

to post

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es postet What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es postete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gepostet 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 postepostetehabe gepostet
du postestpostetesthast gepostet
er/sie/es postetpostetehat gepostet
wir postenpostetenhaben gepostet
ihr postetpostetethabt gepostet
sie/Sie postenpostetenhaben gepostet
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 gepostetwerde postenwerde gepostet haben
du hattest gepostetwirst postenwirst gepostet haben
er/sie/es hatte gepostetwird postenwird gepostet haben
wir hatten gepostetwerden postenwerden gepostet haben
ihr hattet gepostetwerdet postenwerdet gepostet haben
sie/Sie hatten gepostetwerden postenwerden gepostet 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 postete
du postetest
er/sie/es postete
wir posteten
ihr postetet
sie/Sie posteten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du poste!
ihr postet!
Sie posten Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

post root en ending

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

Word family

das Posting

In Otti's situations: Lotte and social media

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