Es regnet. Otti nimmt den Regenschirm. It's raining. Otti takes the umbrella.

verb · A1

regnen

[ˈʁeːɡnən]

to rain

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Nimmst du einen Schirm mit? Es regnet.

Are you taking an umbrella? It's raining.
Wenn es regnet, spielen wir zu Hause Karten.

When it rains, we play cards at home.
Bei Frida in Kreuzberg hat es den ganzen Tag geregnet.

Where Frida lives in Kreuzberg, it rained all day.

Present: er/sie/es regnet What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum): er/sie/es regnete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt): er/sie/es hat geregnet The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person	Präsens	Präteritum	Perfekt
er/sie/es	regnet	regnete	hat geregnet

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
er/sie/es	hatte geregnet	wird regnen	wird geregnet 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.

regn root en ending

der Regen der Regenschirmregnerischder Regenbogen

In Otti's situations: Otti and the weather

der Grad heiß der Himmel kalt kühl der Regen scheinen der Schnee schneien die Sonne sonnig warm

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