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Ein bekannter Regisseur verfilmt Lottes Lieblingsroman mit vielen Stars. A well-known director is making a film of Lotte's favourite novel with lots of stars.

verb · B2

verfilmen

[fɛɐ̯ˈfɪlmən]

to make a film of, to adapt for the screen

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es verfilmt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es verfilmte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat verfilmt 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 verfilmeverfilmtehabe verfilmt
du verfilmstverfilmtesthast verfilmt
er/sie/es verfilmtverfilmtehat verfilmt
wir verfilmenverfilmtenhaben verfilmt
ihr verfilmtverfilmtethabt verfilmt
sie/Sie verfilmenverfilmtenhaben verfilmt
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 verfilmtwerde verfilmenwerde verfilmt haben
du hattest verfilmtwirst verfilmenwirst verfilmt haben
er/sie/es hatte verfilmtwird verfilmenwird verfilmt haben
wir hatten verfilmtwerden verfilmenwerden verfilmt haben
ihr hattet verfilmtwerdet verfilmenwerdet verfilmt haben
sie/Sie hatten verfilmtwerden verfilmenwerden verfilmt 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 verfilmte
du verfilmtest
er/sie/es verfilmte
wir verfilmten
ihr verfilmtet
sie/Sie verfilmten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du verfilm!
ihr verfilmt!
Sie verfilmen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

ver prefix film 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

der Filmfilmendie Verfilmung

In Otti's situations: The friends argue about a film

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