gebe

Gebe is the present tense first-person singular form of the German verb geben, which means to give. It is used whenever the subject of the sentence is ich (I) and the action is giving or offering something. For other subjects, different forms apply: du gibst, er/sie/es gibt, wir geben, ihr gebt, sie geben.

In standard usage, gebe appears in everyday statements such as Ich gebe dir das Buch (I’m giving you the book) or Wir geben ihm Geld (We are giving him money). It also appears in phrases with different meanings that use the verb give as a root, for example with prefixes to form other verbs. A notable example is zugeben (to admit), which is a separable-prefix verb. In present tense, it forms as Ich gebe zu, dass... (I must admit that...), where zu is separated from geben.

Historically and grammatically, the prefix ge- is used in German to form participles; the past participle of geben is gegeben, as in ich habe gegeben. The Konjunktiv II form of geben, used for hypothetical or polite situations, is gäbe (with umlaut), not gebe. This distinction helps separate present-tense use (gebe) from subjunctive or conditional uses (gäbe).

A note on usage: gebe is not the imperative form. The ordinary informal command to give something is Gib mir das Salz (Give me the salt), using the imperative from geben’s second-person singular form gib. In summary, gebe is a fundamental present-tense form of geben, essential for expressing present acts of giving and for constructing related verbs such as zugeben.