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Otti streicht die graue Wand in einem hellen Gelb. Otti paints the grey wall a bright yellow.

verb · B2

streichen

[ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩]

to paint

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es streicht What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es strich The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gestrichen 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 streichestrichhabe gestrichen
du streichststrichsthast gestrichen
er/sie/es streichtstrichhat gestrichen
wir streichenstrichenhaben gestrichen
ihr streichtstrichthabt gestrichen
sie/Sie streichenstrichenhaben gestrichen
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 gestrichenwerde streichenwerde gestrichen haben
du hattest gestrichenwirst streichenwirst gestrichen haben
er/sie/es hatte gestrichenwird streichenwird gestrichen haben
wir hatten gestrichenwerden streichenwerden gestrichen haben
ihr hattet gestrichenwerdet streichenwerdet gestrichen haben
sie/Sie hatten gestrichenwerden streichenwerden gestrichen 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 striche
du strichest
er/sie/es striche
wir strichen
ihr strichet
sie/Sie strichen
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
Person Imperativ
du streich!
ihr streicht!
Sie streichen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

streich root en ending

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

Word family

anstreichender Anstrichder Strich

In Otti's situations: Otti renovates his flat

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