führst

Fährst is the second-person singular present tense form of the German verb fahren. It is used with the pronoun du and means you drive, you travel by vehicle, or you go by means of transport in general. The form appears in questions and statements about how someone gets around.

Fahren, from which fährst derives, is a strong verb with an irregular present tense in the second person singular. In the present tense the forms are ich fahre, du fährst, er fährt, wir fahren, ihr fahrt, sie fahren. The umlaut on a (ä) appears in the du and er forms (fährst, fährt); the other present-tense forms do not carry the umlaut. The past participle is gefahren, and the simple past forms are fuhr (ich fuhr, er fuhr) and fuhren (wir fuhren, sie fuhren).

Usage notes: fährst is often used with various means of transport, such as Auto, Fahrrad, Bahn, or Schiff. It can express normal travel, commuting, or driving a vehicle. Examples: Du fährst heute mit dem Auto zur Arbeit. Fahrst du mit dem Zug oder dem Flugzeug? In polite or formal contexts, the corresponding forms are Sie fahren and Fahren Sie …? Imperative forms are Fahr! (informal singular) or Fahrt! (informal plural).

Related forms and prefixes: fahren combines with prefixes to form compounds like abfahren (to depart), weiterfahren (to continue driving), durchfahren (to drive straight through). The meaning shifts with the prefix, but fährst remains the base present-tense form for du. Fährst is therefore a key form for describing personal travel or driving in everyday German.