In this post, we’ll go through the German verb: übernachten (to stay overnight).
This is a regular (weak verb) and uses the auxiliary verb haben to form the present perfect. It is not a separable verb and can be used also with the preposition bei + Dativ case.
Let’s start with the main conjugated forms for the German verb übernachten:
| Present Tense – Präsens | Compound Past Tense (Present Perfect) – Perfekt | Simple Past Tense – Präteritum |
| ich übernachte | ich habe übernachtet | ich übernachtete |
| du übernachtest | du hast übernachtet | du übernachtetest |
| er/sie/es übernachtet | er/sie/es hat übernachtet | er/sie/es übernachtete |
| wir übernachten | wir haben übernachtet | wir spendeten |
| ihr übernachtet | ihr habt übernachtet | ihr übernachtetet |
| Sie/sie übernachten | Sie/sie haben übernachtet | Sie/sie übernachteten |
Now, thanks to simple sentences, we try to better understand the meaning of the German verb übernachten and to memorize it.
- Wo übernachtest du? Where will you spend the night?
- Wo übernachtest du am Samstag? Where will you spend the night on Saturday?
- Ich übernachte bei einem Freund. I’ll spend the night at a friend’s house.
- Ich übernachte bei ihm. I’ll spend the night at his house.
- Hast du bei deiner Freundin übernachtet? Did you spend the night at your girlfriend’s house?
- Wann hast du bei ihr übernachtet? When did you spend the night at her house?
For many more examples, I recommend using the Tatoeba site. In the search field, replace the word ‘ übernachten‘ with other conjugated forms of the verb, e.g. ‘ übernachest‘, to get examples of sentences containing ‘ übernachtest‘.
In the following video, you can listen to and learn the pronunciation of the verb übernachten in its various conjugations:
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