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verb · A1

schicken

[ˈʃɪkn̩]

to send

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Other Examples

  • Ich schicke Lotte eine Nachricht.

    I'm sending Lotte a message.

  • Schickst du mir deine Nummer?

    Will you send me your number?

  • Wir schicken dir die Fotos per E-Mail.

    We'll send you the photos by email.

  • Schickt ihr mir die Adresse vom Restaurant?

    Will you send me the address of the restaurant?

  • Kalle und Frida haben uns eine Karte geschickt.

    Kalle and Frida sent us a card.

Grammar

Present
er/sie/es schickt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es schickte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat geschickt 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 schickeschicktehabe geschickt
du schickstschicktesthast geschickt
er/sie/es schicktschicktehat geschickt
wir schickenschicktenhaben geschickt
ihr schicktschicktethabt geschickt
sie/Sie schickenschicktenhaben geschickt
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 geschicktwerde schickenwerde geschickt haben
du hattest geschicktwirst schickenwirst geschickt haben
er/sie/es hatte geschicktwird schickenwird geschickt haben
wir hatten geschicktwerden schickenwerden geschickt haben
ihr hattet geschicktwerdet schickenwerdet geschickt haben
sie/Sie hatten geschicktwerden schickenwerden geschickt 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 schickte
du schicktest
er/sie/es schickte
wir schickten
ihr schicktet
sie/Sie schickten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du schick!
ihr schickt!
Sie schicken Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

schick root en ending

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

Word family

verschickenabschickenzuschicken

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