findet

Findet is the third-person singular present tense form of the German verb finden, meaning to find. It is used when the subject is he, she, or it, as in er findet den Schlüssel or die Lösung findet er schnell.

In the present tense, the full conjugation of finden is: ich finde, du findest, er/sie/es findet, wir finden, ihr findet, sie/Sie finden. The form findet specifically corresponds to er/sie/es findet. The verb does not take a separable prefix in its present tense forms.

Usage and sense

Findet is used to indicate discovering or locating something physical, such as "Sie findet das Buch unter dem Tisch" (She finds the book under the table). It also appears in figurative expressions, such as "eine Lösung finden" (to find a solution) or "Anklage finden" (to be found guilty in a legal sense). The verb governs a direct object in the accusative case.

Common constructions

A frequent composite verb is stattfinden, which uses finden in a separable-prefix form meaning “to take place.” In present tense third person singular, it appears as findet statt, as in "Das Konzert findet morgen statt" (The concert takes place tomorrow).

Tenses and related forms

The simple past is fand, the perfect tense uses gefunden with haben (er hat gefunden). The noun forms include das Finden (the act of finding) and der Fund (a found object or discovery).

Relation to the root

Finden is cognate with English find and Dutch vinden. Its basic meaning covers locating, discovering, or coming upon something, with a wide range of literal and figurative uses in German.