orientieren
to orient oneself
- Past (Präteritum)
- orientierte
- Past participle
- orientiert (haben)
Regular weak verb almost always used reflexively in the sense of finding one's bearings in a space or situation. It frequently appears with the preposition an to express alignment with a goal or standard. While primarily used for physical location, it is equally common for abstract mental or ethical navigation. It must not be confused with the noun Orient, referring to the East.
Conjugation
Present
- orientiert
- present, singular, third-person
- orientiere
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- orientieren
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- orientierst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- orientierte
- past
- orientierten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- orientiertest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- orientiertet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- orientiere
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- orientieren
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- orientierest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- orientieret
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- orientierte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- orientierten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- orientiertest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- orientiertet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe orientiert
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben orientiert
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest orientiert
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet orientiert
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte orientiert
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten orientiert
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest orientiert
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet orientiert
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde orientieren
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden orientieren
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest orientieren
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet orientieren
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde orientieren
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden orientieren
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest orientieren
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet orientieren
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde orientiert haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden orientiert haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest orientiert haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet orientiert haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde orientiert haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden orientiert haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- orientier
- imperative, second-person, singular
- orientiere
- imperative, second-person, singular
- orientiert
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- orientiert
- participle, past
- orientierend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- orientieren
- infinitive
Other
- habe orientiert
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben orientiert
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast orientiert
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt orientiert
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat orientiert
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte orientiert
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten orientiert
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest orientiert
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet orientiert
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- orientieren werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde orientieren
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden orientieren
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst orientieren
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet orientieren
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird orientieren
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- orientiert haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde orientiert haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden orientiert haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst orientiert haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet orientiert haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird orientiert haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person