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EMPFEHLEN: Conjugated in All Tenses

The German verb empfehlen (to recommend) conjugated in all its tenses and moods

PRESENT TENSE • PRÄSENS

EMPFEHLEN: Present | Past | Future | Subjunctive | All Verbs


Principal Parts: empfehlen (empfiehlt) • empfahl • empfohlen
Imperative (Commands): (du) Empfiehl! (ihr) Empfehlt! Empfehlen Sie!

EMPFEHLEN
Present Tense - Präsens

Irregular Verbs: The verb EMPFEHLEN (to recommend) is a strong (irregular) verb. In the present tense singular, it is stem-changing: empfiehlst (du) and empfiehlt (er/sie/es). Its past tense forms empfahl and empfohlen are irregular.
DEUTSCH ENGLISH
SINGULAR
ich empfehle I recommend
I am recommending
du empfiehlst you recommend
you are recommending
er empfiehlt
 
sie empfiehlt
 
es empfiehlt
he recommends
he is recommending
she recommends
she is recommending
it recommends
it is recommending
PLURAL
wir empfehlen we recommend
we are recommending
ihr empfehlen you (guys) recommend
you are recommending
sie empfehlen they recommend
they are recommending
Sie empfehlen you recommend
you are recommending
Examples:
Was empfehlen Sie?
What do you recommend?
Er empfiehlt den roten Wein.
He recommends the red wine.
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