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Otti trocknet die nassen Kochbücher mit einem Föhn. Otti dries the wet cookbooks with a hairdryer.

verb · B2

trocknen

[ˈtʁɔknən]

to dry

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es trocknet What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es trocknete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat getrocknet 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 trocknetrocknetehabe getrocknet
du trocknesttrocknetesthast getrocknet
er/sie/es trocknettrocknetehat getrocknet
wir trocknentrocknetenhaben getrocknet
ihr trocknettrocknetethabt getrocknet
sie/Sie trocknentrocknetenhaben getrocknet
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 getrocknetwerde trocknenwerde getrocknet haben
du hattest getrocknetwirst trocknenwirst getrocknet haben
er/sie/es hatte getrocknetwird trocknenwird getrocknet haben
wir hatten getrocknetwerden trocknenwerden getrocknet haben
ihr hattet getrocknetwerdet trocknenwerdet getrocknet haben
sie/Sie hatten getrocknetwerden trocknenwerden getrocknet 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 trocknete
du trocknetest
er/sie/es trocknete
wir trockneten
ihr trocknetet
sie/Sie trockneten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du trockne!
ihr trocknet!
Sie trocknen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

trockn root en ending

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

Word family

trockender Trocknerabtrocknenaustrocknen

In Otti's situations: Water in Frau Hilde's kitchen

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