verb
to park
A2
Meaning: 'to park' (leave a vehicle). Regular weak verb; participle 'geparkt', gerund 'parkend'. Non‑reflexive; uses auxiliary 'haben' in perfect tenses. Common commands: 'Park!' (du), formal 'Parken Sie!'. Often appears with objects or locative phrases (z. B. 'das Auto parken'). In German also 'parken' can form passive: 'wird geparkt'.
Examples
Der Fahrer parkte das Auto, bevor er das Hotel betrat.
The driver parked the car before he entered the hotel.
Ich parke mein Auto.
I park my car.
Sie parkte ihr Fahrrad.
She parked her bicycle.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture a car pulling into a parking space
Like English 'park' + -en
Notes
Non-separable regular verb used for parking vehicles.