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Meet überholen

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

All 4 meanings

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to overtake; to pass (e.g. a vehicle, a runner)
  2. (transitive, figurative) to excel; to become more or better than
  3. (transitive) to overhaul (to check, repair and/or modernize, e.g. a machine)
  4. to recondition, to refit
Forms

How überholen changes

PronounPräsensPräteritum
ichüberholeüberholte
duüberholstüberholtest
er/sie/esüberholtüberholte
wirüberholenüberholten
ihrüberholtüberholtet
Sieüberholenüberholten

Partizip II überholt · Perfekt with haben

Three examples

  1. 1
    Der Bus überholt das Fahrrad.The bus passes the bicycle.present main clause
  2. 2
    Das Auto hat den Lkw überholt.The car passed the truck.Perfekt with haben
  3. 3
    Wir müssen den Bus überholen.We have to pass the bus.modal verb with infinitive

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