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Otti trägt einen gelben Pullover. Otti is wearing a yellow jumper.

verb · A1

tragen

[ˈtʁaːɡn̩]

to wear, to carry

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es trägt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es trug The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat getragen 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 tragetrughabe getragen
du trägsttrugsthast getragen
er/sie/es trägttrughat getragen
wir tragentrugenhaben getragen
ihr tragttrugthabt getragen
sie/Sie tragentrugenhaben getragen
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 getragenwerde tragenwerde getragen haben
du hattest getragenwirst tragenwirst getragen haben
er/sie/es hatte getragenwird tragenwird getragen haben
wir hatten getragenwerden tragenwerden getragen haben
ihr hattet getragenwerdet tragenwerdet getragen haben
sie/Sie hatten getragenwerden tragenwerden getragen 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 trüge
du trügst
er/sie/es trüge
wir trügen
ihr trügt
sie/Sie trügen
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
Person Imperativ
du trag!
ihr tragt!
Sie tragen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

trag root en ending

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

Word family

der Trägertragbardie Tragetasche

In Otti's situations: Otti gets dressed, Bruno furnishes his room

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