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geschafft or geschaffen? which one is past participle of schaffen?
"schaffen" has three meanings:
to get something managed,
to create, to produce something
to work (in some regions colloquial or dialect)
"geschafft" is the past participle ("...
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Using "um...zu" with past participle
They are both technically correct. Your answer, however, is the one that makes more sense in the context. The infinitive clause is final, i.e. it describes a purpose. Did you go to Paris in order to ...
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Function of a past participle in a German sentence
gesucht is the past participle ("Partizip II") of suchen. It is the same construction as in english wanted, needed, or appreciated in the following sentences.
I am wanted dead or alive.
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Why would you use the past participle in commands rather than the imperative?
German has the classic imperative like
Pass auf!
Bleib stehen!
and a number of other forms that can be used as replacement forms to express the imperative:
Infinitive
Strict order, sounds very ...
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„Herein gekrabbelt!“ as a friendly request / instruction
"Hereingekrabbelt" is a variation on "Hereinspaziert", which is an informal way of saying, "Come in". (More formal alternatives include "Kommen Sie herein" and "Bitte treten Sie ein".)
The ...
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Partizip II von "unterhalten" = "unterGEhalten"?
unterhalten
These are two different verbs with different meaning but same spelling (see link to the DWDS dictionary)
Only the more common meaning to entertain, chat is non-separable and hence does ...
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What is the difference between attribute adjective of Partizip I and Partizip II?
"Partizip 1" and "Partizip 2" are relatively new names for what i learned in school as "Partizip Präsens" and "Partizip Perfekt". These names explain a lot more,...
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"am meisten + Partizip 2" vs. "superlative of Partizip 2"
Using "am meisten" to elevate a participle to the superlative (as it is done in English) would be an Anglicism - the superlative of "das gefürchtete" is, indeed, "das ...
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Kommata mit Partizipien
Steht das Partizip nach dem Beschriebenen, stehen Kommas um die gesamte Phrase (Regel D112):
Das Geld, von mir gefunden, wurde gestohlen.
Das Geld, gefunden von mir, wurde gestohlen.
Steht es vor ...
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Why no Auxiliary Verb in Famous Quote from David Hilbert: "Aus dem Paradies, das Cantor uns geschaffen, soll uns niemand vertreiben können"
This is called afinite Konstruktion or Auxiliar- Ellipse (Auxiliary ellipsis)1. The auxiliary verb is left out in Perfekt or Plusquamperfekt. This can be found in older (especially prose) texts and is ...
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gegangen and gefahren
I hope your teacher said
Ich bin schwimmen gegangen.
That means you went to the pool. By any means of transport.
In contrary
Ich bin schwimmen gefahren.
means you went by car, bus, tram etc. ...
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Durchgeschleift oder durchgeschliffen?
Beide Formen sind prinzipiell möglich. Die Vorsilbe »durch« ist dabei unerheblich. Das Verb »schleifen« kann sowohl zu »geschliffen« als auch zu »geschleift« werden:
Ich habe das Messer geschliffen....
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Which is the correct past tense of ‘begleiten’?
Only the forms begleitete, begleitet are correct.
There is however the verb gleiten (to slide). So one can imagine an ad hoc formation of a transitive verb begleiten in analogy to befahren or begehen,...
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Past participle ending in -t versus -en
The difference between strong (past participle with ‑en) and weak (past participle with ‑t) verbs is that strong verbs constitute a relatively small, closed class, whereas the number of the weak verbs ...
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Past participle form "geschlossenen"
It is a mistake. "Geschlossen" = Partizip, "Geschlossenen" = Adjectiv, Genitiv Sing. or Pl., Dativ Sing. or Pl., Accusativ Sing. or Pl.
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Position of past participle and extent of the Verbklammer
It doesn't. The second example is more 'correct' and sounds more professional, the first example is somewhat easier to parse.
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Position of past participle and extent of the Verbklammer
Typically, the conjugated verb (here: haben) and whatever parts of the verbal phrase remain (here: gelitten) form the Verbklammer (verb bracket) and are often considered including the entire sentence ...
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"Seinen Geburtsort besucht habe ich allerdings noch nicht."
Seinen Geburtsort besucht habe ich allerdings noch nicht.
Für diejenigen, die an die Falschheit dieses Satzes glauben oder an seiner Richtigkeit zweifeln, habe ich ein Beispiel. Nehmen wir an, eine ...
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Past time in german sentences
In colloquial German, there is not much of a difference. Many people confuse Präteritum and Perfekt and even use both tensen within the same sentence. In standard German, there is, basically, the ...
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Unclear how the word “verantwortet” is used in a sentence
Hubert Schölnast has explained why the weird phrase "verantwortetes Hohnlachen" should be regarded as an idiosyncrasy of the author.
Anyway, the verb veranworten also has another connotation ...
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Past participle form "geschlossenen"
It is just wrong. Maybe someone messed up when they made the book.
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Jmdn. sterben gesehen zu haben & vor den Augen jmds
You are right on first issue: genitive has to read seiner Kinder.
You are wrong on the second issue, however; the construct is called Ersatzinfinitiv and we have already some questions covering that, ...
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Wie ist die richtige Schreibweise – "geliket"? "geliked"?
Richtig sind gelikt und geliked, nicht aber geliket.
Der Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung hat sich in seiner Regelwerksänderung von 2024 zu dieser Frage geäußert. Formell gilt nun
§ 21 Bei ...
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sein or werden?
In your context "werden" is a passive operation (Vorgangspassiv), where something is happing and "sein" is a passive state (Zustandspassiv), where something just is.
"Verabredet sein" is a state, you ...
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partizip 2 lassen usage
The sentence can be derived like this, by adding one verb at a time:
Die Alarmglocken schrillen auf.
Das läßt die Alarmglocken aufschrillen. (lassen + Infinitiv; "kausativ")
Das muß die ...
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Why does this sentence use an infinitive rather than a past participle?
There is actually a difference in meaning between the similar-looking phrases:
Im Gürtel hatte er ein Messer und zwei Pistolen stecken.
In den Gürtel hatte er ein Messer und zwei Pistolen gesteckt.
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Partizip 2 als Attribut bei passiv-unfähigen Verben
In solchen Fällen darf man das Hilfsverb einfach weglassen, das Partizip steht dann alleine da (im Prinzip als Adjektiv):
Ein Unfall hat stattgefunden -> Der stattgefundene Unfall hat uns ...
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Darf "mahlen" ein regelmäßiges Verb genannt werden?
Früher (bis ins 17. Jahrhundert hinein) wurde das Verb mahlen stark (unregelmäßig) konjugiert (ähnlich wie fahren oder tragen):
Ich mahle Weizen zu Mehl.
Du mählst Weizen zu Mehl.
Der Müller mählt ...
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Function of a past participle in a German sentence
You may be confused by the fact, that the verb is placed early in the sentence; the meaning would be quite similar in this phrase:
Eine Liste aller Lösungen wird gesucht
just the emphasis would ...
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What is the force of gesehen haben muss : You [one has] gotta see, You ought to have seen, or you must already have seen?
The sentence just means
The 27 most embarrassing photos you have to see.
In German, it is common to use past perfect for this, implying you must have seen this in order to fulfill whatever implied ...
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