present tense
A grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the…A grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time.
» This sentence is in the present tense.
Dieser Satz steht im Präsens.
Dieser Satz steht in der Gegenwart.
Это предложение в настоящем времени.
Meaning
1 sensesA grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time.
Gegenwart, Präsens
настоя́щее вре́мяnastojáščeje vrémja
тепе́рішній часtepérišnij čas
- a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking
Examples
10 sentencesThis sentence is in the present tense.
ruЭто предложение в настоящем времени.
deDieser Satz steht im Präsens.
Truth is usually expressed in the present tense.
We use the present tense for this kind of case.
ruВ таких случаях мы используем настоящее время.
Which endings does this verb have in the present tense?
ruКакие у этого глагола окончания в настоящем времени?
deWelche Endungen hat dieses Verb in der Gegenwart?
Adverbial time clauses (here 'when') write about the future in the present tense.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Forms
plural: present tenses| Singular | present tense |
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regular