The idea
Present tense: ich niese, du niest, er/sie/es niest, wir niesen, ihr niest, sie/Sie niesen. Learn the sentence pattern mehrmals niesen together with the principal parts.
| Form | Deutsch |
|---|---|
| ich | niese |
| du | niest |
| er/sie/es | niest |
| wir | niesen |
| ihr | niest |
| sie/Sie | niesen |
| Präteritum | nieste |
| Perfekt | hat geniest |
| Imperativ (du) | Niese! |
| Muster | mehrmals niesen |
Meaning and sentence pattern
Niesen is usually intransitive. The present du form is niest, not niesst; the regular participle is geniest.
Learn this pattern as a unit: mehrmals niesen. The six situations below show the verb with concrete objects, complements or circumstances.
Form check
Du niesst.Du niest.After the s of the stem, the du ending is only t.
Examples
- Ich niese beim Öffnen der staubigen Kiste.I sneeze when opening the dusty box.
- Du niest heute auffallend häufig.You sneeze noticeably often today.
- Die Katze niest nach dem Schnuppern am Karton.The cat sneezes after sniffing the box.
- Im stillen Lesesaal nieste plötzlich ein Besucher.A visitor suddenly sneezed in the quiet reading room.
- Wir haben wegen des aufgewirbelten Staubs geniest.We sneezed because of the disturbed dust.
- Niest du immer, wenn du diesen Raum betrittst?Do you always sneeze when you enter this room?
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Watch out
After the s of the stem, the du ending is only t.
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du ___ (niesen, Präsens)
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niest
niest: this is the second-person singular present form.
er/sie ___ (niesen, Präteritum)
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nieste
nieste: this is the third-person singular simple past.
Perfekt: er/sie hat ___
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geniest
geniest: in this use the perfect tense is hat geniest.
Practice round
Answer three questions, then rebuild three German sentences. We keep your score.
du ___ (niesen, Präsens)
er/sie ___ (niesen, Präteritum)
Perfekt: er/sie hat ___
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Read the six situations aloud, compare the verb forms, and complete the present, past and participle checks. Then write a new sentence that follows mehrmals niesen.