malen
to paint (pictures, walls)
- Past (Präteritum)
- malte
- Past participle
- gemalt (haben)
Artistic painting is *malen*; house painting also *streichen*. *Sich die Zukunft rosig malen.* *Den Teufel an die Wand malen* (= conjure up trouble).
Conjugation
Present
- male
- first-person, form-of, present, singular
- mal
- colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular
- malt
- form-of, present, singular, third-person
- malen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- malst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- malte
- past
- malten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- maltest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- maltet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- male
- first-person, form-of, singular, subjunctive-i, third-person
- malen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- malest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- malet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- malte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- malten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- maltest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- maltet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gemalt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gemalt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gemalt
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gemalt
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gemalt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gemalt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gemalt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gemalt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde malen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden malen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest malen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet malen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde malen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden malen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest malen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet malen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gemalt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gemalt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gemalt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet gemalt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde gemalt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden gemalt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- male
- form-of, imperative, singular
- mal
- form-of, imperative, singular
- malt
- form-of, imperative, plural
Participle
- gemalt
- participle, past
- malend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- malen
- infinitive
Other
- habe gemalt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gemalt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gemalt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gemalt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gemalt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gemalt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gemalt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gemalt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gemalt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- malen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde malen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden malen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst malen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet malen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird malen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gemalt haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gemalt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gemalt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gemalt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gemalt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gemalt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- mahlen
- alternative, obsolete
- Malen
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong
Prefixed forms (5)
- abmalen (separable)
to copy (a picture)
Mal das Bild bitte ab. — Please copy the picture.
- ausmalen (separable)
to colour in; to imagine
Mal dir das bitte aus. — Just imagine that.
- anmalen (separable)
to paint (wall/face)
Mal die Wand bitte an. — Please paint the wall.
- bemalen (inseparable)
to paint on
Sie bemalte die Vase. — She painted the vase.
- übermalen (inseparable)
to paint over
Er übermalte das Graffiti. — He painted over the graffiti.