fahren
to drive, ride, travel
- Past (Präteritum)
- fuhr
- Past participle
- gefahren (sein)
*du fährst, er fährt*, imperative *fahr!* Vehicle subject takes *sein*; driver transitive can take *haben*. *Fahrrad / Ski / Schlitten fahren*. *Was fährt dich an?* (coll. = What's got into you?).
Conjugation
Present
- fährt
- present, singular, third-person
- fahre
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- fahren
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- fährst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
- fahrt
- indicative, plural, present, second-person
Past
- fuhr
- past
- fuhren
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- fuhrst
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- fuhrt
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- führe
- past, subjunctive
- fahre
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- fahren
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- fahrest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- fahret
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- führen
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- führest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- führst
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- führet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- führt
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gefahren
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- sei gefahren
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gefahren
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- seien gefahren
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gefahren
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seist gefahren
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seiest gefahren
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gefahren
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- seiet gefahren
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gefahren
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- wäre gefahren
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gefahren
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- wären gefahren
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gefahren
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- wärst gefahren
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- wärest gefahren
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gefahren
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- wärt gefahren
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- wäret gefahren
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde fahren
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
Imperative
- fahr
- imperative, second-person, singular
- fahre
- imperative, second-person, singular
- fahrt
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gefahren
- participle, past
- fahrend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- fahren
- infinitive
Other
- habe gefahren
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- bin gefahren
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gefahren
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- sind gefahren
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gefahren
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- bist gefahren
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gefahren
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- seid gefahren
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gefahren
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- ist gefahren
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gefahren
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- war gefahren
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gefahren
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- waren gefahren
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gefahren
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- warst gefahren
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gefahren
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- wart gefahren
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- fahren werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde fahren
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden fahren
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst fahren
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet fahren
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird fahren
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gefahren haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- gefahren sein werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gefahren haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werde gefahren sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gefahren haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- werden gefahren sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
Prefixed forms (7)
- abfahren (separable)
to depart
Der Zug fährt um 9 Uhr ab. — The train departs at 9.
- anfahren (separable)
to start driving; to drive at
Der Bus fährt langsam an. — The bus starts slowly.
- mitfahren (separable)
to ride along
Fährst du mit? — Are you riding along?
- wegfahren (separable)
to drive away / go away
Wir fahren übers Wochenende weg. — We're going away for the weekend.
- weiterfahren (separable)
to continue driving
Fahren Sie bitte weiter. — Please drive on.
- überfahren (inseparable)
to run over (sep. *überfahren* = ferry across; insep. *überfahren* = run over)
Er hat ein Tier überfahren. — He ran over an animal.
- erfahren (inseparable)
to learn / experience
Ich habe das erst gestern erfahren. — I only learned that yesterday.