Before you start
Meet leiden
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
All 4 meanings
- (intransitive) to suffer, to experience pain, sorrow, etc.
- (transitive) to suffer, bear, endure, undergo, experience (some hardship)
- (intransitive) to suffer [with an (+ dative) ‘from a disease or condition’]
- (transitive, chiefly in the negative) to like, tolerate, stand
Forms
How leiden changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | leide | litt |
| du | leidest | littest |
| er/sie/es | leidet | litt |
| wir | leiden | litten |
| ihr | leidet | littet |
| Sie | leiden | litten |
Partizip II gelitten · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Ich leide unter dem Lärm.I suffer from the noise.present with unter
- 2Er hat lange gelitten.He suffered for a long time.Perfekt with haben
- 3Sie bleibt zu Hause, weil sie leidet.She stays at home because she is suffering.verb at the end after weil