bringst

Bringst is the second-person singular present indicative form of the German verb bringen, meaning to bring. It is used with the informal pronoun du. The standard present tense forms of bringen are: ich bringe, du bringst, er/sie/es bringt, wir bringen, ihr bringt, sie bringen.

In the past tense, the verb shows a vowel change: ich brachte, du brachtest, er brachte, wir brachten, ihr bracht, sie brachten. The past participle is gebracht, and the present perfect is formed with haben, as in, ich habe gebracht.

Etymology and classification: bringen derives from Old High German bringan and from Proto-Germanic roots related to the English bring. The form bringst is created by adding the typical second-person singular ending -st to the stem bring-, following regular German spelling and pronunciation patterns for du forms.

Usage notes: Du bringst is used for present actions or statements involving the you (informal). For example, Du bringst mir den Kaffee. The imperative form for addressing someone informally is Bring! or Bring bitte. The verb also appears as a component in separable-prefix verbs such as mitbringen (to bring along), where the prefix mit modifies the meaning but the base stem remains bring-.

See also: bringen (the verb), mitbringen, German verb conjugation patterns.