empfangen
to welcome or receive
- Past (Präteritum)
- empfing
- Past participle
- empfangen (haben)
Irregular strong verb requiring haben. It denotes the act of formally welcoming a visitor or receiving a signal or object. It is common in professional or hospitality settings where a host greets a guest upon arrival. It is often confused with the separable verb fangen, which means to catch, whereas empfangen is inseparable and denotes reception.
Conjugation
Present
- empfängt
- present, singular, third-person
- empfange
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- empfangen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- empfängst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
- empfangt
- indicative, plural, present, second-person
Past
- empfing
- past
- empfingen
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- empfingst
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- empfingt
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- empfange
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- empfangen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- empfangest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- empfanget
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- empfinge
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- empfingen
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- empfingest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- empfingst
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- empfinget
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- empfingt
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe empfangen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben empfangen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest empfangen
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet empfangen
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte empfangen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten empfangen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest empfangen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet empfangen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde empfangen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden empfangen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest empfangen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet empfangen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde empfangen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden empfangen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest empfangen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet empfangen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde empfangen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden empfangen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest empfangen haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet empfangen haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
Imperative
- empfang
- imperative, second-person, singular
- empfange
- imperative, second-person, singular
- empfangt
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- empfangen
- participle, past
- empfangend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- empfangen
- infinitive
Other
- habe empfangen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben empfangen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast empfangen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt empfangen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat empfangen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte empfangen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten empfangen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest empfangen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet empfangen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- empfangen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde empfangen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden empfangen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst empfangen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet empfangen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird empfangen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- empfangen haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde empfangen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden empfangen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst empfangen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet empfangen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird empfangen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person