The present tense of verbs with stems ending in "-d"

Verbs whose stem ends in "-d" add an extra "-e-" before the normal verb endings in the "du", "ihr" and "er/sie/es" forms of the present tense. This is true of two verbs which we have met in this section - "verbinden" (= to connect) and "melden" (= to answer). It also affects the present tense of the verb "finden" (= to find) which we have met earlier.

 

Examples of other verbs with a stem ending in "-d" would be:

 

Niemand meldet sich.

(No-one is answering.)

Findest du das Hotel?