basteln
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]An Upper German verb, from earlier besteln, iterative of Middle High German besten, from Proto-West Germanic *bastijan. The -a- is perhaps dialectal or through readaptation to the underlying noun Bast (“bast”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]basteln (weak, third-person singular present bastelt, past tense bastelte, past participle gebastelt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, intransitive) to perform handicrafts or DIY, to build, to craft (especially something from paper, fabric, and related materials, by cutting, folding, gluing, etc., e.g. such objects as kites, lanterns, calendars, greeting cards),
- (intransitive) to tinker (with), to work (on) (in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it) [with an (+ dative) ‘something’]
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | basteln | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | bastelnd | ||||
past participle | gebastelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich bastle ich bastele ich bastel |
wir basteln | i | ich bastele ich bastle |
wir basteln |
du bastelst | ihr bastelt | du bastelest du bastlest |
ihr bastelet ihr bastlet | ||
er bastelt | sie basteln | er bastele er bastle |
sie basteln | ||
preterite | ich bastelte | wir bastelten | ii | ich bastelte1 | wir bastelten1 |
du basteltest | ihr basteltet | du basteltest1 | ihr basteltet1 | ||
er bastelte | sie bastelten | er bastelte1 | sie bastelten1 | ||
imperative | bastle (du) bastel (du) bastele (du) |
bastelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Categories:
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary
- German transitive verbs
- German intransitive verbs