fassen
to grasp
- Past (Präteritum)
- fasste
- Past participle
- gefasst (haben)
Regular weak verb using haben. It conveys both the physical act of seizing or grabbing an object and the figurative act of comprehending a complex situation or idea. It is often used reflexively as sich fassen to describe regaining one's composure or self-control after shock. It should not be confused with the verb fassen in the sense of 'containing' or 'holding' as a vessel, which involves different collocations regarding capacity or volume measurements.
Conjugation
Present
- fasst
- present, singular, third-person
- fässt
- nonstandard, present, singular, third-person
- fasse
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- fassen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
Past
- fasstest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- fasste
- past
- fassten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- fasstet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- fasse
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- fassen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- fassest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- fasset
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- fasste
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- fassten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- fasstest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- fasstet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gefasst
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gefasst
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gefasst
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gefasst
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gefasst
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gefasst
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gefasst
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gefasst
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde fassen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden fassen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest fassen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet fassen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde fassen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden fassen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest fassen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet fassen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gefasst haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gefasst haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gefasst haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet gefasst haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde gefasst haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden gefasst haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- fass
- imperative, second-person, singular
- fasse
- imperative, second-person, singular
- fasst
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gefasst
- participle, past
- fassend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- fassen
- infinitive
Other
- habe gefasst
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gefasst
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gefasst
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gefasst
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gefasst
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gefasst
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gefasst
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gefasst
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gefasst
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- fassen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde fassen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden fassen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst fassen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet fassen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird fassen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gefasst haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gefasst haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gefasst haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gefasst haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gefasst haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gefasst haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- Fassen
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong