gleiten
to slide
- Past (Präteritum)
- glitt
- Past participle
- geglitten (sein)
Irregular strong verb, used with sein to denote movement characterized by smooth, frictionless motion over a surface or through the air. It describes literal physical gliding, such as a hand across a surface or a bird in flight, as well as figurative transitions. It highlights the ease and grace of the movement rather than the agency of the subject.
Conjugation
Present
- gleitet
- present, singular, third-person
- gleite
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- gleiten
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- gleitest
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- glitt
- past
- glitten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- glittest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- glittst
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- glittet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- gleite
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- gleiten
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- gleitest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- gleitet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- glitte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- glitten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- glittest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- glittet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- sei geglitten
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- seien geglitten
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- seist geglitten
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seiest geglitten
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seiet geglitten
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- wäre geglitten
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- wären geglitten
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- wärst geglitten
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- wärest geglitten
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- wärt geglitten
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- wäret geglitten
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde gleiten
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gleiten
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gleiten
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet gleiten
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde gleiten
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden gleiten
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest gleiten
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet gleiten
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde geglitten sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden geglitten sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest geglitten sein
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
Imperative
- gleit
- imperative, second-person, singular
- gleite
- imperative, second-person, singular
- gleitet
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- geglitten
- participle, past
- gleitend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- gleiten
- infinitive
Other
- bin geglitten
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- sind geglitten
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- bist geglitten
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- seid geglitten
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- ist geglitten
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- war geglitten
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- waren geglitten
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- warst geglitten
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- wart geglitten
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- gleiten werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gleiten
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gleiten
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gleiten
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gleiten
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gleiten
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- geglitten sein werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde geglitten sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden geglitten sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst geglitten sein
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet geglitten sein
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird geglitten sein
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person