Before you start
Meet verhaften
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
All 3 meanings
- (ambitransitive, the general meaning, which is now rare) to stop moving and instead stick, or make or become bound (more or less literally or figuratively)
- (transitive) to imprison, to put into confinement after judicial writ (the state of which is called Haft) (this is the most common signification in its strict definition, of which however legal laymen may deviate to mean any kind of government arrest)
- (transitive, now rare) to legally subject to eventual foreclosure
Forms
How verhaften changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | verhaft(e) | verhaftete |
| du | verhaftest | verhaftetest |
| er/sie/es | verhaftet | verhaftete |
| wir | verhaften | verhafteten |
| ihr | verhaftet | verhaftetet |
| Sie | verhaften | verhafteten |
Partizip II verhaftet · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Die Polizei verhaftet den Mann.The police arrest the man.present main clause
- 2Die Polizei hat den Mann verhaftet.The police have arrested the man.Perfekt with haben
- 3Ich weiß, dass die Polizei den Mann verhaftet.I know that the police arrest the man.verb at the end after dass