Before you start
Meet drohen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
All 3 meanings
- (transitive) to threaten [with dative ‘someone’ and mit (+ dative) ‘with’]
- (intransitive) to loom, to be able to happen in the future [with dative ‘to someone’] (of negative events or consequences, often expressed in English as "there is a risk of...")
- (intransitive) to be in danger of something, to be on the verge of something, to threaten [with zu (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]
Forms
How drohen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | drohe | drohte |
| du | drohst | drohtest |
| er/sie/es | droht | drohte |
| wir | drohen | drohten |
| ihr | droht | drohtet |
| Sie | drohen | drohten |
Partizip II gedroht · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Der Hund droht dem Mann.The dog threatens the man.threatening a person
- 2Er hat mir gestern gedroht.He threatened me yesterday.Perfekt with haben
- 3Wenn du nicht gehst, droht dir Ärger.If you don’t leave, trouble is coming your way.verb in a wenn-clause