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Frau Hilde tippt vorsichtig mit einem Finger auf den Bildschirm. Frau Hilde carefully taps the screen with one finger.

verb · B2

tippen

[ˈtɪpn̩]

to tap, to type

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es tippt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es tippte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat getippt 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 tippetipptehabe getippt
du tippsttipptesthast getippt
er/sie/es tippttipptehat getippt
wir tippentipptenhaben getippt
ihr tippttipptethabt getippt
sie/Sie tippentipptenhaben getippt
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 getipptwerde tippenwerde getippt haben
du hattest getipptwirst tippenwirst getippt haben
er/sie/es hatte getipptwird tippenwird getippt haben
wir hatten getipptwerden tippenwerden getippt haben
ihr hattet getipptwerdet tippenwerdet getippt haben
sie/Sie hatten getipptwerden tippenwerden getippt 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 tippte
du tipptest
er/sie/es tippte
wir tippten
ihr tipptet
sie/Sie tippten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du tipp!
ihr tippt!
Sie tippen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

tipp root en ending

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

Word family

eintippenantippen

In Otti's situations: Frau Hilde makes a video call

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