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Der Künstler provoziert mit einem leeren Rahmen an der Wand. The artist provokes people with an empty frame on the wall.

verb · B2

provozieren

[pʁovoˈt͡siːʁən]

to provoke

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es provoziert What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es provozierte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat provoziert 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 provoziereprovoziertehabe provoziert
du provozierstprovoziertesthast provoziert
er/sie/es provoziertprovoziertehat provoziert
wir provozierenprovoziertenhaben provoziert
ihr provoziertprovoziertethabt provoziert
sie/Sie provozierenprovoziertenhaben provoziert
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 provoziertwerde provozierenwerde provoziert haben
du hattest provoziertwirst provozierenwirst provoziert haben
er/sie/es hatte provoziertwird provozierenwird provoziert haben
wir hatten provoziertwerden provozierenwerden provoziert haben
ihr hattet provoziertwerdet provozierenwerdet provoziert haben
sie/Sie hatten provoziertwerden provozierenwerden provoziert 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 provozierte
du provoziertest
er/sie/es provozierte
wir provozierten
ihr provoziertet
sie/Sie provozierten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du provozier!
ihr provoziert!
Sie provozieren Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

provoz root ier suffix en ending

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

Word family

die Provokationprovokant

In Otti's situations: Lotte at an art exhibition

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