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Die Autorin schildert den Berliner Winter so genau, dass Otti beim Lesen friert. The author describes the Berlin winter so precisely that Otti feels cold while reading.

verb · B2

schildern

[ˈʃɪldɐn]

to describe, to depict, to portray

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es schildert What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es schilderte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat geschildert 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 schildereschildertehabe geschildert
du schilderstschildertesthast geschildert
er/sie/es schildertschildertehat geschildert
wir schildernschildertenhaben geschildert
ihr schildertschildertethabt geschildert
sie/Sie schildernschildertenhaben geschildert
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 geschildertwerde schildernwerde geschildert haben
du hattest geschildertwirst schildernwirst geschildert haben
er/sie/es hatte geschildertwird schildernwird geschildert haben
wir hatten geschildertwerden schildernwerden geschildert haben
ihr hattet geschildertwerdet schildernwerdet geschildert haben
sie/Sie hatten geschildertwerden schildernwerden geschildert 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 schilderte
du schildertest
er/sie/es schilderte
wir schilderten
ihr schildertet
sie/Sie schilderten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du schildere!
ihr schildert!
Sie schildern Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

schilder root n ending

-n
the ending of the infinitive after -el or -er: wandern, sammeln.

Word family

die Schilderung

In Otti's situations: The friends start a book club

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