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Lotte verreist drei Wochen nach Portugal. Lotte is going away to Portugal for three weeks.

verb · B1

verreisen

[fɛɐ̯ˈʁaɪ̯zn̩]

to go away (on a trip), to travel

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Synonyms
reisen

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es verreist What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es verreiste The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es ist verreist 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 verreiseverreistebin verreist
du verreistverreistestbist verreist
er/sie/es verreistverreisteist verreist
wir verreisenverreistensind verreist
ihr verreistverreistetseid verreist
sie/Sie verreisenverreistensind verreist
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 war verreistwerde verreisenwerde verreist sein
du warst verreistwirst verreisenwirst verreist sein
er/sie/es war verreistwird verreisenwird verreist sein
wir waren verreistwerden verreisenwerden verreist sein
ihr wart verreistwerdet verreisenwerdet verreist sein
sie/Sie waren verreistwerden verreisenwerden verreist 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 verreiste
du verreistest
er/sie/es verreiste
wir verreisten
ihr verreistet
sie/Sie verreisten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du verreis!
ihr verreist!
Sie verreisen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

ver prefix reis 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

reisendie Reiseabreisen

In Otti's situations: Lotte plans a trip abroad

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