kehren
to return
- Past (Präteritum)
- kehrte
- Past participle
- gekehrt (sein)
When used in the sense of 'to return' (to a place), it takes the auxiliary 'sein'. When used in the sense of 'to sweep' (e.g., the street), it takes the auxiliary 'haben'. It is a weak verb that follows standard regular conjugation patterns in the past tense and participle forms derived from its base meaning of moving back or turning around as well as sweeping away or cleaning with a broom.
Conjugation
Present
- kehrt
- present, singular, third-person
- kehre
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- kehren
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- kehrst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- kehrte
- past
- kehrten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- kehrtest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- kehrtet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- kehre
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- kehren
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- kehrest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- kehret
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- kehrte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- kehrten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- kehrtest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- kehrtet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gekehrt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gekehrt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gekehrt
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gekehrt
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gekehrt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gekehrt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gekehrt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gekehrt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde kehren
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden kehren
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest kehren
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet kehren
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde kehren
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden kehren
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest kehren
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet kehren
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gekehrt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gekehrt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gekehrt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet gekehrt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde gekehrt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden gekehrt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- kehr
- imperative, second-person, singular
- kehre
- imperative, second-person, singular
- kehrt
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gekehrt
- participle, past
- kehrend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- kehren
- infinitive
Other
- habe gekehrt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gekehrt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gekehrt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gekehrt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gekehrt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gekehrt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gekehrt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gekehrt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gekehrt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- kehren werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde kehren
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden kehren
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst kehren
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet kehren
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird kehren
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gekehrt haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gekehrt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gekehrt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gekehrt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gekehrt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gekehrt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- Kehrer
- agent, form-of, masculine, strong