The "e" of the ending is deleted when the verb stem ends in
| -er |
| -el |
This occurs in the following cases:
| present indicative | present Konjunktiv | present infinitive | present participle(Partizip I) | |
| verb forms | 1. person plural | 2. person singular | formation of the present infinitive | formation of the present participle (Partizip I) |
| 3. person plural | 1. person plural | |||
| polite form | 2. person plural | |||
| 3. person lural | ||||
| polite form |
In addition, it is possible that the "e" of the stem is deleted, if the verb stem ends in
| -el |
However, this is not obligatory.
The e-deletion in the stem occurs in the following cases:
| present indicative | present Konjunktiv | imperative | |
| verb forms | 1. person singular | 1. person singular | 2. person singular |
| 3. person singular |
Examples on both phenomena:
| Example feiern | |||||||||
|
present indicative
|
present Konjunktiv |
present infinitive |
present participle (Partizip I) | ||||||
| person | stem | ending | stem | ending | |||||
| ich |
feier
|
e |
feier
|
e | feiern | feiernd | |||
| du |
feier
|
st |
feier
|
st | |||||
| er / sie / es |
feier
|
t |
feier
|
e | |||||
| wir |
feier
|
n |
feier
|
n | |||||
| ihr |
feier
|
t |
feier
|
t | |||||
| sie |
feier
|
n |
feier
|
n | |||||
| Sie |
feier
|
n |
feier
|
n | |||||
| Example lächeln | |||||||||||
|
present indicative
|
present Konjunktiv |
present infinitive |
present participle (Partizip I) | 2nd person singular imperative | |||||||
| person | stem | ending | stem | ending | |||||||
| ich |
lächl
|
e |
lächl
|
e | lächeln | lächelnd | lächle | ||||
| du |
lächel
|
st |
lächel
|
st | |||||||
| er / sie / es |
lächel
|
t |
lächl
|
e | |||||||
| wir |
lächel
|
n |
lächel
|
n | |||||||
| ihr |
lächel
|
t |
lächel
|
t | |||||||
| sie |
lächel
|
n |
lächel
|
n | |||||||
| Sie |
lächel
|
n |
lächel
|
n | |||||||