lenken
to steer
- Past (Präteritum)
- lenkte
- Past participle
- gelenkt (haben)
Regular weak verb using haben. Refers to guiding the direction of a physical object, a vehicle, or a figurative process like events or thoughts. It often appears in the collocation etwas in geordnete Bahnen lenken to describe managing chaos or progress. Do not confuse with the noun die Lenke, which is a rare regional term for a handle or steering mechanism.
Conjugation
Present
- lenkt
- present, singular, third-person
- lenke
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- lenken
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- lenkst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- lenkte
- past
- lenkten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- lenktest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- lenktet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- lenke
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- lenken
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- lenkest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- lenket
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- lenkte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- lenkten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- lenktest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- lenktet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gelenkt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gelenkt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gelenkt
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gelenkt
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gelenkt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gelenkt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gelenkt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gelenkt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde lenken
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden lenken
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest lenken
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet lenken
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde lenken
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden lenken
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest lenken
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet lenken
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gelenkt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gelenkt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gelenkt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet gelenkt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde gelenkt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden gelenkt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- lenk
- imperative, second-person, singular
- lenke
- imperative, second-person, singular
- lenkt
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gelenkt
- participle, past
- lenkend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- lenken
- infinitive
Other
- habe gelenkt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gelenkt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gelenkt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gelenkt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gelenkt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gelenkt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gelenkt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gelenkt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gelenkt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- lenken werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde lenken
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden lenken
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst lenken
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet lenken
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird lenken
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gelenkt haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gelenkt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gelenkt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gelenkt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gelenkt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gelenkt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person