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verb · A1

weinen

[ˈvaɪ̯nən]

to cry

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lachen

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Other Examples

  • Ich weine vor Freude!

    I'm crying with joy!

  • Warum weinst du? Was ist los?

    Why are you crying? What's wrong?

  • Bei diesem Film weinen wir alle.

    We all cry at this film.

  • Ihr weint ja! Ist alles in Ordnung?

    You're crying! Is everything all right?

  • Lotte und Frida weinen vor Lachen.

    Lotte and Frida are crying with laughter.

Grammar

Present
er/sie/es weint What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es weinte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat geweint 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 weineweintehabe geweint
du weinstweintesthast geweint
er/sie/es weintweintehat geweint
wir weinenweintenhaben geweint
ihr weintweintethabt geweint
sie/Sie weinenweintenhaben geweint
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 geweintwerde weinenwerde geweint haben
du hattest geweintwirst weinenwirst geweint haben
er/sie/es hatte geweintwird weinenwird geweint haben
wir hatten geweintwerden weinenwerden geweint haben
ihr hattet geweintwerdet weinenwerdet geweint haben
sie/Sie hatten geweintwerden weinenwerden geweint 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 weinte
du weintest
er/sie/es weinte
wir weinten
ihr weintet
sie/Sie weinten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du wein!
ihr weint!
Sie weinen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

wein root en ending

-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

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