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Selbst zähe Kiefern verdorren, wenn der Grundwasserspiegel zu tief sinkt.
Even hardy pines wither when the water table sinks too low.
Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es verdorrt What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es verdorrte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es ist verdorrt 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.
| Person | Präsens | Präteritum | Perfekt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | verdorre | verdorrte | bin verdorrt |
| du | verdorrst | verdorrtest | bist verdorrt |
| er/sie/es | verdorrt | verdorrte | ist verdorrt |
| wir | verdorren | verdorrten | sind verdorrt |
| ihr | verdorrt | verdorrtet | seid verdorrt |
| sie/Sie | verdorren | verdorrten | sind verdorrt |
- 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 | war verdorrt | werde verdorren | werde verdorrt sein |
| du | warst verdorrt | wirst verdorren | wirst verdorrt sein |
| er/sie/es | war verdorrt | wird verdorren | wird verdorrt sein |
| wir | waren verdorrt | werden verdorren | werden verdorrt sein |
| ihr | wart verdorrt | werdet verdorren | werdet verdorrt sein |
| sie/Sie | waren verdorrt | werden verdorren | werden verdorrt sein |
- 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 | verdorrte |
| du | verdorrtest |
| er/sie/es | verdorrte |
| wir | verdorrten |
| ihr | verdorrtet |
| sie/Sie | verdorrten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde verdorren.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | verdorr! |
| ihr | verdorrt! |
| Sie | verdorren Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
ver prefix dorr root en ending
- ver-
- often a change, a loss or "away": vermieten (to rent out), verlieren (to lose), sich verlaufen (to get lost).
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
Word family
In Otti's situations: Kalle and the drought in Brandenburg
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