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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es trifft What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es traf The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat getroffen The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".
Phrases With This Word
- den Nerv der Zeit treffen to strike a chord with the times
- ins Schwarze treffen to hit the nail on the head
Conjugation
The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.
| Person | Präsens | Präteritum | Perfekt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | treffe | traf | habe getroffen |
| du | triffst | trafst | hast getroffen |
| er/sie/es | trifft | traf | hat getroffen |
| wir | treffen | trafen | haben getroffen |
| ihr | trefft | traft | habt getroffen |
| sie/Sie | treffen | trafen | haben getroffen |
- 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
| Person | Plusquamperfekt | Futur I | Futur II |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte getroffen | werde treffen | werde getroffen haben |
| du | hattest getroffen | wirst treffen | wirst getroffen haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte getroffen | wird treffen | wird getroffen haben |
| wir | hatten getroffen | werden treffen | werden getroffen haben |
| ihr | hattet getroffen | werdet treffen | werdet getroffen haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten getroffen | werden treffen | werden getroffen 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 | träfe |
| du | träfst |
| er/sie/es | träfe |
| wir | träfen |
| ihr | träft |
| sie/Sie | träfen |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | triff! |
| ihr | trefft! |
| Sie | treffen Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
treff root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
der Treffpunkt
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