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Otti zieht seine Figur drei Felder nach vorn. Otti moves his piece three squares forward.

verb · B1

ziehen

[ˈt͡siːən]

to move (a piece), to pull, to move (house)

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es zieht What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es zog The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gezogen The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Phrases With This Word

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich ziehezoghabe gezogen
du ziehstzogsthast gezogen
er/sie/es ziehtzoghat gezogen
wir ziehenzogenhaben gezogen
ihr ziehtzogthabt gezogen
sie/Sie ziehenzogenhaben gezogen
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 gezogenwerde ziehenwerde gezogen haben
du hattest gezogenwirst ziehenwirst gezogen haben
er/sie/es hatte gezogenwird ziehenwird gezogen haben
wir hatten gezogenwerden ziehenwerden gezogen haben
ihr hattet gezogenwerdet ziehenwerdet gezogen haben
sie/Sie hatten gezogenwerden ziehenwerden gezogen 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 zöge
du zögst
er/sie/es zöge
wir zögen
ihr zögt
sie/Sie zögen
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
Person Imperativ
du zieh!
ihr zieht!
Sie ziehen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

zieh root en ending

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

Word family

In Otti's situations: The friends play a board game

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