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Bruno verschwendet kein Essen und kocht aus Resten eine Suppe. Bruno doesn't waste any food and makes soup from leftovers.

verb · B1

verschwenden

[fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɛndn̩]

to waste

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sparen

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es verschwendet What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es verschwendete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat verschwendet 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 verschwendeverschwendetehabe verschwendet
du verschwendestverschwendetesthast verschwendet
er/sie/es verschwendetverschwendetehat verschwendet
wir verschwendenverschwendetenhaben verschwendet
ihr verschwendetverschwendetethabt verschwendet
sie/Sie verschwendenverschwendetenhaben verschwendet
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 verschwendetwerde verschwendenwerde verschwendet haben
du hattest verschwendetwirst verschwendenwirst verschwendet haben
er/sie/es hatte verschwendetwird verschwendenwird verschwendet haben
wir hatten verschwendetwerden verschwendenwerden verschwendet haben
ihr hattet verschwendetwerdet verschwendenwerdet verschwendet haben
sie/Sie hatten verschwendetwerden verschwendenwerden verschwendet 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 verschwendete
du verschwendetest
er/sie/es verschwendete
wir verschwendeten
ihr verschwendetet
sie/Sie verschwendeten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du verschwende!
ihr verschwendet!
Sie verschwenden Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

ver prefix schwend 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.

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