Finde

finde is the present tense first-person singular form of the German verb finden, meaning to find or to discover. It is used when the speaker refers to themselves performing the action of finding something. The form also appears as the informal singular imperative, telling someone to find something, as in Finde den Schlüssel.

Etymology and related forms: finden is a strong verb with irregular past and participle: past tense simple is fand, past participle is gefunden. The verb comes from Old High German finden and ultimately from a Proto-Germanic root related to the English verb find.

Conjugation (highlights): Present: ich finde, du findest, er findet, wir finden, ihr findet, sie finden. Simple past: ich fand, du fandest, er fand, wir fanden, ihr fandet, sie fanden. Past participle: gefunden. Subjunctive forms include Konjunktiv I (e.g., finde, findest, finde, finden) and Konjunktiv II (e.g., fände, fändest, fände, fänden). Imperative: finde (du), findet (ihr), finden Sie (formal).

Usage notes: finden is used for locating physical objects, discovering information or solutions, and expressing opinions (Ich finde das gut). It also appears in idiomatic expressions such as etwas finden (to consider something to be something), etwas finden müssen (to have to find something), and finden lassen (to have something found via someone else). In everyday speech, it frequently combines with adverbs and prepositions to specify the search context.

See also: finden (the verb as a word), German verb conjugation, related German verbs for search and discovery.