einschlagen
to choose a path or direction
- Past (Präteritum)
- schlug ein
- Past participle
- eingeschlagen (haben)
Strong verb taking haben, characterized by a stem vowel change (a-u-a). In this sense, it denotes the act of choosing a specific route, direction, or course of action. It is frequently used with accusative objects like Weg or Richtung. Do not confuse this with the literal physical sense of smashing or driving in (e.g., a nail or window). In the literal sense, it also takes haben, but often acts as a separable verb with a distinct semantic focus on the impact force applied to an object surface.
Conjugation
Present
- schlägt ein
- present, singular, third-person
- schlage ein
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- schlagen ein
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- schlägst ein
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
- schlagt ein
- indicative, plural, present, second-person
- einschlage
- first-person, indicative, present, singular, subordinate-clause
- einschlagen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present, subordinate-clause
- einschlägst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause
- einschlagt
- indicative, plural, present, second-person, subordinate-clause
- einschlägt
- indicative, present, singular, subordinate-clause, third-person
Past
- schlug ein
- past
- schlugen ein
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- schlugst ein
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- schlugt ein
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
- einschlug
- first-person, indicative, preterite, singular, subordinate-clause
- einschlugen
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite, subordinate-clause
- einschlugst
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause
- einschlugt
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person, subordinate-clause
Subjunctive
- schlüge ein
- past, subjunctive
- schlage ein
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- schlagen ein
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- schlagest ein
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- schlaget ein
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- schlügen ein
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- schlügest ein
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- schlügst ein
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- schlüget ein
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- schlügt ein
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- einschlage
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- einschlagen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- einschlagest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- einschlaget
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- einschlüge
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- einschlügen
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- einschlügest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- einschlügst
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- einschlüget
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- einschlügt
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- habe eingeschlagen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben eingeschlagen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest eingeschlagen
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet eingeschlagen
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte eingeschlagen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten eingeschlagen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest eingeschlagen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet eingeschlagen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde einschlagen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden einschlagen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
Imperative
- schlag ein
- imperative, second-person, singular
- schlage ein
- imperative, second-person, singular
- schlagt ein
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- eingeschlagen
- participle, past
- einschlagend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- einschlagen
- infinitive
- einzuschlagen
- infinitive, infinitive-zu
Other
- habe eingeschlagen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben eingeschlagen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast eingeschlagen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt eingeschlagen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat eingeschlagen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte eingeschlagen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten eingeschlagen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest eingeschlagen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet eingeschlagen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- einschlagen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde einschlagen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden einschlagen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst einschlagen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet einschlagen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird einschlagen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- eingeschlagen haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde eingeschlagen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden eingeschlagen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst eingeschlagen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet eingeschlagen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird eingeschlagen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- Einschlagen
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong