kleben
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German kleben, from Old High German klebēn (“to stick”), from Proto-West Germanic *klibēn.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]kleben (weak, third-person singular present klebt, past tense klebte, past participle geklebt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to glue [with an or auf (+ accusative) ‘onto’]
- (intransitive) to stick [with an (+ dative) ‘to’]
- Der Schlamm klebte an den Schuhen.
- The mud was sticking to the shoes.
- (intransitive) to be sticky
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | kleben | ||||
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present participle | klebend | ||||
past participle | geklebt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich klebe | wir kleben | i | ich klebe | wir kleben |
du klebst | ihr klebt | du klebest | ihr klebet | ||
er klebt | sie kleben | er klebe | sie kleben | ||
preterite | ich klebte | wir klebten | ii | ich klebte1 | wir klebten1 |
du klebtest | ihr klebtet | du klebtest1 | ihr klebtet1 | ||
er klebte | sie klebten | er klebte1 | sie klebten1 | ||
imperative | kleb (du) klebe (du) |
klebt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- Kleben
- Klebe
- Klebeband, Kleberand, Klebstoff
- abkleben, ankleben, aufkleben, überkleben, zusammenkleben, zukleben
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