schenken
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verb
- to give as a present, to gift
- to spare one(self)something
- to pour from a vessel, to serve
Forms
Present
| I | schenke |
|---|---|
| you | schenkst |
| he, she, it | schenkt |
| we | schenken |
| you (plural) | schenkt |
| they | schenken |
Preterite
| I | schenkte |
|---|---|
| you | schenktest |
| he, she, it | schenkte |
| we | schenkten |
| you (plural) | schenktet |
| they | schenkten |
Subjunctive I
| I | schenke |
|---|---|
| you | schenkest |
| he, she, it | schenke |
| we | schenken |
| you (plural) | schenket |
| they | schenken |
Subjunctive II
| I | schenkte |
|---|---|
| you | schenktest |
| he, she, it | schenkte |
| we | schenkten |
| you (plural) | schenktet |
| they | schenkten |
Imperative
| you | schenk / schenke |
|---|---|
| you (plural) | schenkt |
Other forms
| infinitive | schenken |
|---|---|
| past participle | geschenkt |
| present participle | schenkend |
Used in the library
- Ich schenke meiner Mutter Blumen.I'm giving my mother flowers.A1Geld, Einkaufen und Arbeit — Money, shopping and work (A1)
- Ich schenke dir das Buch.I'm giving you the book as a present.A1Noch einmal, bitte (6) — Once more, please (6) (A1)
- „Gut, das schenke ich ihm.""Good, I'll give him that."A1Der Flohmarkt — The flea market (A1)
- Dazu hat er ein Moped geschenkt bekommen.On top of that he was given a moped as a present.A2Der millionste Gastarbeiter — The Millionth Guest Worker
Other ways to say it
- ausschenkento pour, to pour out, to sell
- bescherento present as a gift (especially Christmas presents); to give (Christmas) presents to (someone)
- eingießento pour in
- einschenkento pour (a drink into a glass or cup)
- ersparento save, save up, put aside (money) (the reflexive pronoun may be left out in order to distinguish more clearly from sense 2); to spare, to save
- gebento give (changing ownership); to hand, to pass, to put within reach
- gießento pour; usually only of liquids, especially of large quantities; to pour; to cast; to found (shape molten metal or glass by pouring)
- schüttento pour (of both liquids and solids); to rain heavily