German reference

zunehmen

to gain weight, to increase

Stem change · 13 form tables

Includes indicative, subjunctive I and II, and imperative forms. Separable verbs retain their word order in each form.

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Indicative

Present

zunehmen: Present
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI gain weight
duyou gain weight
er/sie/eshe/she/it gains weight
wirwe gain weight
ihryou (plural) gain weight
sie/Siethey gain weight; you (formal) gain weight

Simple past

zunehmen: Simple past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI gained weight
duyou gained weight
er/sie/eshe/she/it gained weight
wirwe gained weight
ihryou (plural) gained weight
sie/Siethey gained weight; you (formal) gained weight

Compound past

zunehmen: Compound past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI gained weight; I have gained weight
duyou gained weight; you have gained weight
er/sie/eshe/she/it gained weight; he/she/it has gained weight
wirwe gained weight; we have gained weight
ihryou (plural) gained weight; you (plural) have gained weight
sie/Siethey gained weight; they have gained weight; you (formal) gained weight; you (formal) have gained weight

Past perfect

zunehmen: Past perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI had gained weight
duyou had gained weight
er/sie/eshe/she/it had gained weight
wirwe had gained weight
ihryou (plural) had gained weight
sie/Siethey had gained weight; you (formal) had gained weight

Future

zunehmen: Future
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI will gain weight
duyou will gain weight
er/sie/eshe/she/it will gain weight
wirwe will gain weight
ihryou (plural) will gain weight
sie/Siethey will gain weight; you (formal) will gain weight

Future perfect

zunehmen: Future perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI will have gained weight
duyou will have gained weight
er/sie/eshe/she/it will have gained weight
wirwe will have gained weight
ihryou (plural) will have gained weight
sie/Siethey will have gained weight; you (formal) will have gained weight

Subjunctive

Subjunctive I

zunehmen: Subjunctive I
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ich(that) I gain weight
du(that) you gain weight
er/sie/es(that) he/she/it gains weight
wir(that) we gain weight
ihr(that) you (plural) gain weight
sie/Sie(that) they gain weight; (that) you (formal) gain weight

Subjunctive II

zunehmen: Subjunctive II
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI would gain weight
duyou would gain weight
er/sie/eshe/she/it would gain weight
wirwe would gain weight
ihryou (plural) would gain weight
sie/Siethey would gain weight; you (formal) would gain weight

Past subjunctive II

zunehmen: Past subjunctive II
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI would have gained weight
duyou would have gained weight
er/sie/eshe/she/it would have gained weight
wirwe would have gained weight
ihryou (plural) would have gained weight
sie/Siethey would have gained weight; you (formal) would have gained weight

Would form

zunehmen: Would form
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI would gain weight
duyou would gain weight
er/sie/eshe/she/it would gain weight
wirwe would gain weight
ihryou (plural) would gain weight
sie/Siethey would gain weight; you (formal) would gain weight

Past subjunctive I

zunehmen: Past subjunctive I
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ich(reportedly) I have gained weight
du(reportedly) you have gained weight
er/sie/es(reportedly) he/she/it has gained weight
wir(reportedly) we have gained weight
ihr(reportedly) you (plural) have gained weight
sie/Sie(reportedly) they have gained weight; (reportedly) you (formal) have gained weight

Future subjunctive I

zunehmen: Future subjunctive I
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ich(reportedly) I will gain weight
du(reportedly) you will gain weight
er/sie/es(reportedly) he/she/it will gain weight
wir(reportedly) we will gain weight
ihr(reportedly) you (plural) will gain weight
sie/Sie(reportedly) they will gain weight; (reportedly) you (formal) will gain weight

Imperative

Imperative

zunehmen: Imperative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
dugain weight!
ihrgain weight! (plural)
sie/Siegain weight! (formal)

Additional forms

Infinitive with zu
Present participle
Past participle
Past infinitive

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