zoomen
to zoom
- Past (Präteritum)
- zoomte
- Past participle
- gezoomt (haben)
A loan verb from English, it follows regular weak conjugation rules in German. It is commonly used in the context of photography or screen manipulation as in the provided text 'Er zoomte mit seiner Kamera heran'. It can be used transitively or intransitively, often paired with the particle 'heran'. The auxiliary is 'haben'. The verb is not separable itself but often occurs with separable prefixes like 'heranzoomen' or 'heranzoomen'. It is essentially regular and predictable for learners of German verb patterns for weak verbs ending in '-en'. It is rarely used in complex figurative senses, mostly confined to technical or optic functions. It forms the perfect tense with 'haben'. As a loanword, it maintains its root vowel and follows standard German verbal suffixes. Imperatives are regular: 'zoom!', 'zoomt!', 'zoomen Sie!'. Its use in the past tense is rare but follows regular weak patterns ('zoomte'). It is fully integrated into the German language morphological system despite its English origin. Examples of use: 'Das Bild war zu klein, also habe ich gezoomt.' or 'Er zoomte an das Detail heran.' It is part of the common vocabulary in digital and modern photographic contexts. In the text provided, it is used as a simple verb to describe the action of adjusting a camera lens focal length to view something better from a distance. The past participle 'gezoomt' is standard and follows the ge- prefix rule for weak verbs without an inseparable prefix. It does not exhibit stem vowel changes like strong verbs because it is a weak verb. The conjugation follows standard weak verb rules in all persons and tenses. There are no irregular forms associated with it. Learners should be careful with the pronunciation, maintaining the 'oo' sound similar to English. It is a very stable, regular verb in German usage. Its prefixal variations usually relate to direction ('heran-', 'heraus-'). It is highly likely to remain a weak verb in future usage due to its clear integration into the German language structure as a loanword from English roots. It can also be reflexive in specific software contexts, e.g., 'sich in ein Bild hineinzoomen'. However, this is less frequent. Most learners will use it primarily in the active, non-reflexive sense as presented in the source text. It does not present significant morphological challenges.
Conjugation
Present
- zoom
- colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular
- zoome
- first-person, form-of, present, singular
- zoomt
- present, singular, third-person
- zoomen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- zoomst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- zoomte
- past
- zoomten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- zoomtest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- zoomtet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- zoome
- first-person, form-of, singular, subjunctive-i, third-person
- zoomen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- zoomest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- zoomet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- zoomte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- zoomten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- zoomtest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- zoomtet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gezoomt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gezoomt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gezoomt
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gezoomt
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gezoomt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gezoomt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gezoomt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gezoomt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde zoomen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden zoomen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest zoomen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet zoomen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde zoomen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden zoomen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest zoomen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet zoomen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gezoomt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gezoomt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gezoomt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet gezoomt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde gezoomt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden gezoomt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- zoom
- form-of, imperative, singular
- zoome
- form-of, imperative, singular
- zoomt
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gezoomt
- participle, past
- zoomend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- zoomen
- infinitive
Other
- habe gezoomt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gezoomt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gezoomt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gezoomt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gezoomt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gezoomt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gezoomt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gezoomt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gezoomt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- zoomen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde zoomen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden zoomen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst zoomen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet zoomen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird zoomen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gezoomt haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gezoomt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gezoomt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gezoomt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gezoomt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gezoomt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- Zoomen
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong