verb
to photograph, to take photos
A2
fotografieren: to photograph or take photos. It’s a regular weak verb (fotografierte, fotografiert) and uses auxiliary haben in perfect tenses (ich habe fotografiert). Non‑reflexive and inseparable. Common forms: fotografiert (past participle). No stem-vowel changes; imperative and participles follow regular patterns. Commonly.
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Wir fotografieren oft Tiere im Park.
We often take photos of animals in the park.
Die Kinder fotografierten den alten Bahnhof, weil er bald abgerissen werden sollte.
The children photographed the old station because it was going to be demolished soon.
Ich fotografiere das schöne Gebäude.
I'm photographing the beautiful building.
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Imagine pressing a camera button and saying 'fotografieren!'
photograph + -ieren → fotografieren
VOCABULARY.DETAILS.NOTES
Regular -ieren verb. Uses 'haben' as auxiliary in perfect tenses. Note: Conjugation values do not include personal pronouns. The formal imperative (Sie) necessarily requires the pronoun 'Sie' in German, but pronouns are not allowed in these conjugation values, so the 'Sie' imperative is marked as 'not applicable'. Also: Konjunktiv I in the simple past (Präteritum) is not standard and has been marked as 'not applicable' where present.