verb · B2
wagen
[ˈvaːɡn̩]
to dare, to venture, to risk
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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es wagt What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es wagte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat gewagt 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 | wage | wagte | habe gewagt |
| du | wagst | wagtest | hast gewagt |
| er/sie/es | wagt | wagte | hat gewagt |
| wir | wagen | wagten | haben gewagt |
| ihr | wagt | wagtet | habt gewagt |
| sie/Sie | wagen | wagten | haben gewagt |
- 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 | hatte gewagt | werde wagen | werde gewagt haben |
| du | hattest gewagt | wirst wagen | wirst gewagt haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte gewagt | wird wagen | wird gewagt haben |
| wir | hatten gewagt | werden wagen | werden gewagt haben |
| ihr | hattet gewagt | werdet wagen | werdet gewagt haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten gewagt | werden wagen | werden gewagt 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 | wagte |
| du | wagtest |
| er/sie/es | wagte |
| wir | wagten |
| ihr | wagtet |
| sie/Sie | wagten |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde wagen.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | wag! |
| ihr | wagt! |
| Sie | wagen Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
wag root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
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