leihen
to lend, borrow
- Past (Präteritum)
- lieh
- Past participle
- geliehen (haben)
Ambiguous direction! *leihen + Dat + Akk*: *Leih mir dein Buch* (= lend me / borrow from you — context decides). Clearer: *ausleihen / verleihen*. *sich etwas leihen*. *Geliehen*.
Conjugation
Present
- leiht
- present, singular, third-person
- leihe
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- leihen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- leihst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
- leih
- colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular
Past
- lieh
- past
- liehen
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- liehst
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- lieht
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- leihe
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- leihen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- leihest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- leihet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- liehe
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- liehen
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- liehest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- liehst
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- liehet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- lieht
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe geliehen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben geliehen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest geliehen
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet geliehen
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte geliehen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten geliehen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest geliehen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet geliehen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde leihen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden leihen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest leihen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet leihen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde leihen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden leihen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest leihen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet leihen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde geliehen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden geliehen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest geliehen haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet geliehen haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
Imperative
- leih
- imperative, second-person, singular
- leihe
- imperative, second-person, singular
- leiht
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- geliehen
- participle, past
- leihend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- leihen
- infinitive
Other
- habe geliehen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben geliehen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast geliehen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt geliehen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat geliehen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte geliehen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten geliehen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest geliehen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet geliehen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- leihen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde leihen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden leihen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst leihen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet leihen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird leihen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- geliehen haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde geliehen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden geliehen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst geliehen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet geliehen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird geliehen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
Prefixed forms (3)
- ausleihen (separable)
to borrow / lend out
Leih dir ein Buch aus. — Borrow a book.
- verleihen (inseparable)
to lend; to award
Die Bank verleiht Geld. — The bank lends money. / He was awarded a prize.
- entleihen (inseparable)
to borrow (formal)
Das Wort ist aus dem Französischen entlehnt. — The word is borrowed from French.