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Meet öffnen

Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.

All 6 meanings

  1. (transitive) to open (to make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position)
  2. (transitive) to open (to make accessible to customers or clients)
  3. (transitive, computing) to open (to load into memory for viewing or editing)
  4. (intransitive) to open, get, or answer the door
  5. (reflexive) to open (to become open)
  6. (reflexive) to open up (to), confide (in) (to reveal oneself; share personal information about oneself)
Forms

How öffnen changes

PronounPräsensPräteritum
ichöffneöffnete
duöffnestöffnetest
er/sie/esöffnetöffnete
wiröffnenöffneten
ihröffnetöffnetet
Sieöffnenöffneten

Partizip II geöffnet · Perfekt with haben

Three examples

  1. 1
    Der Laden öffnet um neun.The shop opens at nine.opening time
  2. 2
    Wir haben das Fenster geöffnet.We opened the window.Perfekt
  3. 3
    Du musst die Tür öffnen.You have to open the door.modal verb

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