beobachtest

Beobachtest is the second-person singular present indicative form of the German verb beobachten, meaning you observe. It is used with the informal pronoun du and appears in everyday speech and writing. The infinitive form of the verb is beobachten, and its noun form is Beobachtung.

In German, regular weak verbs like beobachten follow a standard present-tense paradigm. For beob­achten, the present tense forms are: ich beobachte, du beobachtest, er/sie/es beobachtet, wir beobachten, ihr beobachtet, sie beobachten. The form beobachtest corresponds specifically to the second-person singular and is written with a final -st ending, as in du beobachtest den Vogel im Garten.

Usage notes include that beobachtest signals direct address to one person in an informal context. It can appear in statements, questions, or commands within the present tense, for example: Du beobachtest den Himmel; Beobachtest du die Täter? The form is not used with formal Sie, which would require beobachten in the Sie-form (Sie beobachten).

Beobachten has related forms, such as the past tense beobachtete, the present perfect habe beobachtet, and the noun Beobachtung, which refers to the act or process of observing. The term beobachtest is primarily of grammatical interest as a conjugated form rather than as a standalone lexical item.

See also: beobachten, Beobachtung, German verb conjugation, German grammar.