mahnen
to urge
- Past (Präteritum)
- mahnte
- Past participle
- gemahnt (haben)
Regular weak verb using haben. It implies giving a serious warning or urging someone to remember their duty or behave correctly. It is often used in official, formal, or moral contexts, such as calling for patience, caution, or payment of outstanding debts. It is unrelated to the verb mennen, which describes the steering of a carriage or driving of animals.
Conjugation
Present
- mahnt
- present, singular, third-person
- mahne
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- mahnen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- mahnst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- mahnte
- past
- mahnten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- mahntest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- mahntet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- mahne
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- mahnen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- mahnest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- mahnet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- mahnte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- mahnten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- mahntest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- mahntet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gemahnt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gemahnt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gemahnt
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gemahnt
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gemahnt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gemahnt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gemahnt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gemahnt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde mahnen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden mahnen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest mahnen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet mahnen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde mahnen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden mahnen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest mahnen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet mahnen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gemahnt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gemahnt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gemahnt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet gemahnt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde gemahnt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden gemahnt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- mahn
- imperative, second-person, singular
- mahne
- imperative, second-person, singular
- mahnt
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gemahnt
- participle, past
- mahnend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- mahnen
- infinitive
Other
- habe gemahnt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gemahnt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gemahnt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gemahnt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gemahnt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gemahnt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gemahnt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gemahnt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gemahnt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- mahnen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde mahnen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden mahnen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst mahnen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet mahnen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird mahnen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gemahnt haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gemahnt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gemahnt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gemahnt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gemahnt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gemahnt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person