tanken

B1#3,261

Hear it

verbinformal

to fuel, to refuelfill a fuel tank of a vehicle
to drink a lot of alcohol
to move forcefully against resistance

Forms

Present

I	tanke
you	tankst
he, she, it	tankt
we	tanken
you (plural)	tankt
they	tanken

Preterite

I	tankte
you	tanktest
he, she, it	tankte
we	tankten
you (plural)	tanktet
they	tankten

Subjunctive I

I	tanke
you	tankest
he, she, it	tanke
we	tanken
you (plural)	tanket
they	tanken

Subjunctive II

I	tankte
you	tanktest
he, she, it	tankte
we	tankten
you (plural)	tanktet
they	tankten

Imperative

you	tank / tanke
you (plural)	tankt

Other forms

infinitive	tanken
past participle	getankt
present participle	tankend

Used in the library

In der Stadt muss man tanken, hier gibt es nichts.You have to fill up in town; there's nothing here.B1Noch einmal, bitte (12) — Once more, please (12) (B1)
Wir müssen vor der Brücke tanken, danach kommt nichts mehr.We have to fill up before the bridge, after that there's nothing.B1Noch einmal, bitte (5) — Once more, please (5) (B1)
In der Stadt muss der Bus tanken, hier gibt es nichts.The bus has to fill up in the city; there's nothing here.B1Noch einmal, bitte (19) — Once more, please (19) (B1)

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