brennen
to burn
- Past (Präteritum)
- brannte
- Past participle
- gebrannt (haben)
Irregular weak verb which maintains its irregular vowel in the past tense and participle. It typically describes a fire consuming fuel or a heat source radiating intensity. It is also used figuratively for intense feelings or light sources emitting a glow. Note that this verb is intransitive; the transitive equivalent meaning to set fire to something is 'anbrennen' or 'verbrennen'. Do not confuse with 'rennen', which describes rapid movement and takes 'sein' as an auxiliary.
Conjugation
Present
- brennt
- present, singular, third-person
- brenne
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- brennen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- brennst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- brannte
- past
- brannten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- branntest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- branntet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- brennte
- past, subjunctive
- brenne
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- brennen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- brennest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- brennet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- brennten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- brenntest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- brenntet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gebrannt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gebrannt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gebrannt
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gebrannt
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gebrannt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gebrannt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gebrannt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gebrannt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde brennen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden brennen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest brennen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet brennen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde brennen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden brennen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest brennen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet brennen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gebrannt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gebrannt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gebrannt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet gebrannt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde gebrannt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden gebrannt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- brenn
- imperative, second-person, singular
- brenne
- imperative, second-person, singular
- brennt
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gebrannt
- participle, past
- brennend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- brennen
- infinitive
Other
- habe gebrannt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gebrannt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gebrannt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gebrannt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gebrannt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gebrannt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gebrannt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gebrannt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gebrannt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- brennen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde brennen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden brennen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst brennen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet brennen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird brennen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gebrannt haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gebrannt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gebrannt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gebrannt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gebrannt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gebrannt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- Brennen
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong, uncountable