Before you start
Meet durchführen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Build the meaning
durch- + führen
- durch-
- through to completion
- führen
- to lead or guide
Lead something through all its steps to completion.
So durchführen means to carry out or conduct.
A memory aid, not a rule: prefixes change meaning from verb to verb.
Learning approach inspired by this explanation in r/German.
Verb family
More verbs built on führen
Same base verb, a different prefix, a new meaning.
Separable verb: durch·führen
In a main clause the prefix durch splits off and goes to the end. After weil, dass and other subordinating words, the verb stays in one piece at the end.
Main clauseDie Schule führt morgen einen neuen Plan durch.The school is carrying out a new plan tomorrow.
Subordinate clauseIch helfe, weil wir den Plan durchführen.I am helping because we are carrying out the plan.
Participle: durchgeführtzu-infinitive: durchzuführen
Forms
How durchführen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | führe durch | führte durch |
| du | führst durch | führtest durch |
| er/sie/es | führt durch | führte durch |
| wir | führen durch | führten durch |
| ihr | führt durch | führtet durch |
| Sie | führen durch | führten durch |
Partizip II durchgeführt · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Wir führen den Test heute durch.We are carrying out the test today.prefix goes to the end
- 2Sie haben den Plan gestern durchgeführt.They carried out the plan yesterday.Perfekt with haben
- 3Ich weiß, dass wir den Test durchführen.I know that we are carrying out the test.verb at the end after dass
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
durchführen + der Test
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Use der Test as the object.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
We carried it out yesterdaygestern.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When the doctorder Arzt, die Ärzte carried out the testder Test, die Tests, I was very nervousnervös.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She carried it out at homezu Hause because she had no timedie Zeit.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The plander Plan, die Pläne that we carried out was very simpleeinfach.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
They must carry out the workdie Arbeit today.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I came earlyfrüh to carry out the testder Test, die Tests with him.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Could you carry out the testder Test, die Tests tomorrowmorgen?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
durchführen + der Plan + obwohl
Your challenge
- 1Start with an obwohl-clause.
- 2Put its verb at the end.
- 3Use der Plan as the object in the main clause.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
What plan have you carried out recently?
Your challenge
- 1Answer with one sentence in the Perfekt.
- 2Name a plan and use a pronoun for it.