kauen
to chew
- Past (Präteritum)
- kaute
- Past participle
- gekaut (haben)
*kauen + auf/an* + Dat: *auf den Nägeln kauen*. *Gut gekaut ist halb verdaut.*
Conjugation
Present
- kaut
- present, singular, third-person
- kaue
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- kauen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- kaust
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- kaute
- past
- kauten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- kautest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- kautet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- kaue
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- kauen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- kauest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- kauet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- kaute
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- kauten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- kautest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- kautet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gekaut
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gekaut
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gekaut
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gekaut
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gekaut
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gekaut
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gekaut
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gekaut
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde kauen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden kauen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest kauen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet kauen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde kauen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden kauen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest kauen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet kauen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gekaut haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gekaut haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gekaut haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet gekaut haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde gekaut haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden gekaut haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- kau
- form-of, imperative, singular
- kaue
- imperative, second-person, singular
- kaut
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gekaut
- participle, past
- kauend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- kauen
- infinitive
Other
- habe gekaut
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gekaut
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gekaut
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gekaut
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gekaut
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gekaut
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gekaut
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gekaut
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gekaut
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- kauen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde kauen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden kauen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst kauen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet kauen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird kauen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gekaut haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gekaut haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gekaut haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gekaut haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gekaut haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gekaut haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- käuen
- alternative, obsolete
- keuen
- alternative, obsolete
Prefixed forms (3)
- zerkauen (inseparable)
to chew up
Kau das Essen gut zer. — He chewed up the pen.
- vorkauen (separable)
to pre-chew / spoon-feed (fig.)
Ich muss dir doch nicht alles vorkauen. — I don't have to spoon-feed you everything.
- wiederkäuen (inseparable)
to ruminate
Kühe käuen wieder. — Cows ruminate.