Erzählst

Erzählst is the second-person singular present indicative form of the German verb erzählen. It is used when addressing one person in informal speech (du). The sense is “you tell” or “you are telling.”

In standard present-tense conjugation, erzählen follows a regular pattern with the typical endings: ich erzähle, du erzählst, er erzählt, wir erzählen, ihr erzählt, sie erzählen. The stem may show a vowel change in some forms, and the imperfect/preterite forms are erzählte/erzähltest, erzählte, etc. In perfect tense you use haben plus erzählt, as in ich habe erzählt.

Usage-wise, erzählen denotes narrating events, recounting facts, or conveying information from the speaker’s perspective. It is common in everyday conversation as well as in narrative or descriptive contexts. Examples: Du erzählst mir eine Geschichte. Was erzählst du da? Erzähl mir bitte, wie es passiert ist. There is also a distinction between informal du forms and formal Sie forms (Sie erzählen).

Variants include the imperative: Erzähl! (singular) or Erzählt! (plural), as well as the pronominal forms used with other objects, such as Erzähl mir von deinem Tag. The word often collocates with pronouns like mir, dir, ihm, or with clauses introducing what is being told. Overall, erzählst functions as a core verb for storytelling and communication in informal German.