wehen
to blow (of wind)
- Past (Präteritum)
- wehte
- Past participle
- geweht (haben)
A regular verb that describes the gentle or steady movement of air. It is used exclusively with the auxiliary 'haben' in standard German, even when indicating movement, as it describes the state of the wind rather than a change of location for the subject itself. Do not confuse with 'wehen' in the sense of a flag flapping, which also uses 'haben'. Compounds are often used to specify the direction of the wind flow, such as 'hinwehen' or 'heranwehen'. Since the root is regular, it follows standard conjugation patterns throughout all tenses and moods without any vowel shifts or irregularities in the stem. Always ensure the 'e' is preserved in the past tense forms (wehte, geweht). It is commonly used in literature and weather reports to convey a sense of atmosphere or nature's presence in a scene, as shown in the provided text where the breeze carries the scent of the sea through the window of the workshop. Common synonyms in specific contexts might include 'blasen', though 'wehen' feels more poetic and soft by comparison. Learners should practice using it with dative objects when describing where something is blown (e.g., 'Der Wind weht mir ins Gesicht').
Conjugation
Present
- weht
- present, singular, third-person
- wehe
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- wehen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- wehst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- wehte
- past
- wehten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- wehtest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- wehtet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- wehe
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- wehen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- wehest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- wehet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- wehte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- wehten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- wehtest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- wehtet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe geweht
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben geweht
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest geweht
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet geweht
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte geweht
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten geweht
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest geweht
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet geweht
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde wehen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden wehen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest wehen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet wehen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde wehen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden wehen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest wehen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet wehen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde geweht haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden geweht haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest geweht haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet geweht haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde geweht haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden geweht haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- weh
- imperative, second-person, singular
- wehe
- imperative, second-person, singular
- weht
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- geweht
- participle, past
- wehend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- wehen
- infinitive
Other
- habe geweht
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben geweht
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast geweht
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt geweht
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat geweht
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte geweht
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten geweht
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest geweht
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet geweht
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- wehen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde wehen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden wehen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst wehen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet wehen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird wehen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- geweht haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde geweht haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden geweht haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst geweht haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet geweht haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird geweht haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- Wehen
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong