sehnen
to long for
- Past (Präteritum)
- sehnte
- Past participle
- gesehnt (haben)
Regular weak verb requiring the reflexive pronoun sich and the preposition nach. It expresses a strong, emotional desire for a person, place, or state of being that is currently absent. It is frequently used in literary and formal contexts to describe deep longing. It should not be confused with the non-reflexive use which is archaic and rare.
Conjugation
Present
- sehnt
- present, singular, third-person
- sehne
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- sehnen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- sehnst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- sehnte
- past
- sehnten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- sehntest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- sehntet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- sehne
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- sehnen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- sehnest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- sehnet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- sehnte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- sehnten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- sehntest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- sehntet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gesehnt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gesehnt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gesehnt
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gesehnt
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gesehnt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gesehnt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gesehnt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gesehnt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde sehnen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden sehnen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest sehnen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet sehnen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde sehnen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden sehnen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest sehnen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet sehnen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gesehnt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gesehnt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gesehnt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet gesehnt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde gesehnt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden gesehnt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- sehn
- imperative, second-person, singular
- sehne
- imperative, second-person, singular
- sehnt
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gesehnt
- participle, past
- sehnend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- sehnen
- infinitive
Other
- habe gesehnt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gesehnt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gesehnt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gesehnt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gesehnt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gesehnt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gesehnt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gesehnt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gesehnt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- sehnen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde sehnen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden sehnen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst sehnen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet sehnen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird sehnen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gesehnt haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gesehnt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gesehnt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gesehnt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gesehnt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gesehnt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- Sehnen
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong