spazieren
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle High German spazieren (13th c.), from Italian spaziare, from Latin spatiāri.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]spazieren (weak, third-person singular present spaziert, past tense spazierte, past participle spaziert, auxiliary sein or (rare) haben)
Usage notes
[edit]- The auxiliary is necessarily sein when a direction is given: Wir sind zum Teich spaziert. (“We took a walk to the pond.”) Without a direction, both auxiliaries are possible, but sein is still vastly predominant: In diesem Park sind/haben wir oft spaziert. (“We used to take frequent walks in this park.”)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | spazieren | ||||
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present participle | spazierend | ||||
past participle | spaziert | ||||
auxiliary | sein or haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich spaziere | wir spazieren | i | ich spaziere | wir spazieren |
du spazierst | ihr spaziert | du spazierest | ihr spazieret | ||
er spaziert | sie spazieren | er spaziere | sie spazieren | ||
preterite | ich spazierte | wir spazierten | ii | ich spazierte1 | wir spazierten1 |
du spaziertest | ihr spaziertet | du spaziertest1 | ihr spaziertet1 | ||
er spazierte | sie spazierten | er spazierte1 | sie spazierten1 | ||
imperative | spazier (du) spaziere (du) |
spaziert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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- German terms inherited from Middle High German
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- German terms derived from Italian
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- Rhymes:German/iːʁən
- Rhymes:German/iːʁən/3 syllables
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- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German verbs using sein as auxiliary
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary
- German verbs using haben and sein as auxiliary