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Emil steht mit dem Fahrrad an der Ampel. Emil is standing at the traffic lights with his bike.

verb · A1

stehen

[ˈʃteːən]

to stand

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Grammar

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

Phrases With This Word

Conjugation

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

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich stehestandhabe gestanden
du stehststandesthast gestanden
er/sie/es stehtstandhat gestanden
wir stehenstandenhaben gestanden
ihr stehtstandethabt gestanden
sie/Sie stehenstandenhaben gestanden
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 gestandenwerde stehenwerde gestanden haben
du hattest gestandenwirst stehenwirst gestanden haben
er/sie/es hatte gestandenwird stehenwird gestanden haben
wir hatten gestandenwerden stehenwerden gestanden haben
ihr hattet gestandenwerdet stehenwerdet gestanden haben
sie/Sie hatten gestandenwerden stehenwerden gestanden 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 stände
du ständest
er/sie/es stände
wir ständen
ihr ständet
sie/Sie ständen
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
Person Imperativ
du steh!
ihr steht!
Sie stehen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

steh root en ending

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

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