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Lotte spart jeden Monat zwanzig Euro in einem Sparschwein. Lotte saves twenty euros a month in a piggy bank.

verb · A2

sparen

[ˈʃpaːʁən]

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es spart What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es sparte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gespart 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 sparespartehabe gespart
du sparstspartesthast gespart
er/sie/es spartspartehat gespart
wir sparenspartenhaben gespart
ihr spartspartethabt gespart
sie/Sie sparenspartenhaben gespart
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 gespartwerde sparenwerde gespart haben
du hattest gespartwirst sparenwirst gespart haben
er/sie/es hatte gespartwird sparenwird gespart haben
wir hatten gespartwerden sparenwerden gespart haben
ihr hattet gespartwerdet sparenwerdet gespart haben
sie/Sie hatten gespartwerden sparenwerden gespart 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 sparte
du spartest
er/sie/es sparte
wir sparten
ihr spartet
sie/Sie sparten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du spar!
ihr spart!
Sie sparen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

spar root en ending

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

Word family

sparsameinsparendie Sparkassedas Sparschwein

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