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Lotte surft mit dem Laptop durchs Netz. Lotte surfs the web on her laptop.

verb · A2

surfen

[ˈsœːɐ̯fn̩]

to surf

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Other Examples

  • Ich surfe manchmal stundenlang und vergesse die Zeit.

    Sometimes I surf for hours and forget the time.

  • Surfst du schon wieder auf dem Handy?

    Are you surfing on your phone again?

  • Im Urlaub an der Ostsee surfen wir jeden Tag.

    On holiday at the Baltic Sea we go surfing every day.

  • Ihr surft im Café, und euer Kaffee wird kalt!

    You're surfing the web in the café, and your coffee is getting cold!

  • Kalle und Frida surfen im Urlaub in Portugal.

    Kalle and Frida go surfing in Portugal on holiday.

Grammar

Present
er/sie/es surft What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es surfte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gesurft 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 surfesurftehabe gesurft
du surfstsurftesthast gesurft
er/sie/es surftsurftehat gesurft
wir surfensurftenhaben gesurft
ihr surftsurftethabt gesurft
sie/Sie surfensurftenhaben gesurft
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 gesurftwerde surfenwerde gesurft haben
du hattest gesurftwirst surfenwirst gesurft haben
er/sie/es hatte gesurftwird surfenwird gesurft haben
wir hatten gesurftwerden surfenwerden gesurft haben
ihr hattet gesurftwerdet surfenwerdet gesurft haben
sie/Sie hatten gesurftwerden surfenwerden gesurft 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 surfte
du surftest
er/sie/es surfte
wir surften
ihr surftet
sie/Sie surften
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du surf!
ihr surft!
Sie surfen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

surf root en ending

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

Word family

der Surferdas Surfbrett

In Otti's situations: Lotte and the internet

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