erreichen

to reach/arrive at

Past (Präteritum)

erreichte

Past participle

erreicht (haben)

A regular weak verb. It is primarily used to describe reaching a destination or achieving a goal (e.g., reaching a level or goal). It requires the auxiliary 'haben'. In the context of the story, it refers to arriving at a physical destination with a train journey ending nearby/at that point. It is inseparable because the prefix 'er-' is unstressed and inseparable in German verb morphology for this verb class. Because it is a regular verb, it behaves very predictably in all forms and in all tenses, taking no stem vowel changes in the past tense or past participle, which simply adds the '-t' suffix (ge- + stem + -t). It is also commonly used to indicate successfully reaching someone via phone or contact (e.g., 'Ich kann ihn nicht erreichen').

Conjugation

Present

erreicht

present, singular, third-person

erreiche

first-person, indicative, present, singular

erreichen

first-person, indicative, plural, present

erreichst

indicative, present, second-person, singular

Past

erreichte

past

erreichten

first-person, indicative, plural, preterite

erreichtest

indicative, preterite, second-person, singular

erreichtet

indicative, plural, preterite, second-person

Subjunctive

erreiche

first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

erreichen

first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

erreichest

second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

erreichet

plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

erreichte

first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

erreichten

first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

erreichtest

formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

erreichtet

formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

habe erreicht

first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive

haben erreicht

first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive

habest erreicht

multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive

habet erreicht

multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive

hätte erreicht

first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive

hätten erreicht

first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive

hättest erreicht

multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive

hättet erreicht

multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive

werde erreichen

first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werden erreichen

first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werdest erreichen

future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werdet erreichen

future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

würde erreichen

first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

würden erreichen

first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

würdest erreichen

future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

würdet erreichen

future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

werde erreicht haben

first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werden erreicht haben

first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werdest erreicht haben

future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werdet erreicht haben

future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

würde erreicht haben

first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

würden erreicht haben

first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

Imperative

erreich

imperative, second-person, singular

erreiche

imperative, second-person, singular

erreicht

imperative, plural, second-person

Participle

erreicht

participle, past

erreichend

participle, present

Infinitive

erreichen

infinitive

Other

habe erreicht

first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular

haben erreicht

first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural

hast erreicht

indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular

habt erreicht

indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person

hat erreicht

indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person

hatte erreicht

first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular

hatten erreicht

first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural

hattest erreicht

indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular

hattet erreicht

indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person

erreichen werden

future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction

werde erreichen

first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular

werden erreichen

first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural

wirst erreichen

future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular

werdet erreichen

future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person

wird erreichen

future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person

erreicht haben werden

future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction

werde erreicht haben

first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular

werden erreicht haben

first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural

wirst erreicht haben

future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular

werdet erreicht haben

future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person

wird erreicht haben

future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person

Erreichen

form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong

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