sieben
to sift
- Past (Präteritum)
- siebte
- Past participle
- gesiebt (haben)
Regular weak verb requiring haben. It refers to the action of passing a substance through a sieve to separate smaller particles from larger ones, often used in cooking contexts with flour or sugar. Do not confuse with the cardinal number sieben (seven), which is an indeclinable numeral and not a verb form in any standard German context, despite the orthographic identity of the base forms in certain lists or puns. It is commonly used in professional culinary and industrial settings for refinement processes.
Conjugation
Present
- siebt
- present, singular, third-person
- siebe
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- sieben
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- siebst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- siebte
- past
- siebten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- siebtest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- siebtet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- siebe
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- sieben
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- siebest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- siebet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- siebte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- siebten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- siebtest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- siebtet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gesiebt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gesiebt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gesiebt
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gesiebt
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gesiebt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gesiebt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gesiebt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gesiebt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde sieben
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden sieben
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest sieben
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet sieben
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde sieben
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden sieben
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest sieben
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet sieben
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gesiebt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gesiebt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gesiebt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet gesiebt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde gesiebt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden gesiebt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- sieb
- imperative, second-person, singular
- siebe
- imperative, second-person, singular
- siebt
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gesiebt
- participle, past
- siebend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- sieben
- infinitive
Other
- habe gesiebt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gesiebt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gesiebt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gesiebt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gesiebt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gesiebt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gesiebt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gesiebt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gesiebt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- sieben werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde sieben
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden sieben
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst sieben
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet sieben
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird sieben
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gesiebt haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gesiebt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gesiebt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gesiebt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gesiebt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gesiebt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- Sieben
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong