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Der Karneval der Kulturen findet jedes Jahr im Frühling in Kreuzberg statt. The Carnival of Cultures takes place in Kreuzberg every spring.

verb · B1

stattfinden

[ˈʃtatˌfɪndn̩]

to take place, to happen

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es findet statt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es fand statt The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat stattgefunden 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 finde stattfand statthabe stattgefunden
du findest stattfandest statthast stattgefunden
er/sie/es findet stattfand statthat stattgefunden
wir finden stattfanden statthaben stattgefunden
ihr findet stattfandet statthabt stattgefunden
sie/Sie finden stattfanden statthaben stattgefunden
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 stattgefundenwerde stattfindenwerde stattgefunden haben
du hattest stattgefundenwirst stattfindenwirst stattgefunden haben
er/sie/es hatte stattgefundenwird stattfindenwird stattgefunden haben
wir hatten stattgefundenwerden stattfindenwerden stattgefunden haben
ihr hattet stattgefundenwerdet stattfindenwerdet stattgefunden haben
sie/Sie hatten stattgefundenwerden stattfindenwerden stattgefunden 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 fände statt
du fändest statt
er/sie/es fände statt
wir fänden statt
ihr fändet statt
sie/Sie fänden statt
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
Person Imperativ
du finde statt!
ihr findet statt!
Sie finden Sie statt!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

statt prefix find root en ending

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

Word family

In Otti's situations: The friends at the Carnival of Cultures

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