kehrst

Kehrst is the second-person singular present tense form of the German verb kehren. Kehren primarily means to sweep or brush dirt away with a broom or similar tool, but it can also refer more generally to sweeping motion across a surface. In everyday language, kehren is used when describing cleaning tasks such as sweeping floors, pavements, or tabletops. The form kehrst is used when addressing one person informally.

Grammatical information: kehren is a regular verb in its conjugation. The present tense forms are ich kehre, du kehrst, er/sie/es kehrt, wir kehren, ihr kehrt, sie kehren, Sie kehren. The simple past (Präteritum) forms include ich kehrte, du kehrtest, er kehrte; the perfect (Perfekt) is formed with haben: ich habe gekehrt, du hast gekehrt, er hat gekehrt. The past participle is gekehrt.

Usage notes: Kehrst appears in ordinary narration and everyday speech when describing someone actively cleaning or sweeping. It can also appear in imperative or descriptive sentences involving another person’s action, always matching the informal you (du) subject. While the primary sense is cleaning, kehren can appear in broader expressions describing sweeping or moving something in a wide, sweeping motion.

Etymology: The verb kehren derives from Old High German keran and related Germanic forms, with the sense historically tied to turning or moving in a sweeping motion, later specializing in the cleaning sense that dominates modern German.

See also: kehren (the base verb), zurückkehren (to return).