nennst

Nennst is the second person singular present indicative form of the German verb nennen, meaning to name or to call. It is used when addressing someone informally with the pronoun du. The present tense forms of nennen are: ich nenne, du nennst, er nennt, wir nennen, ihr nennt, Sie nennen. The verb’s past tense in the simple form is nannte (ich nannte, du nanntest, er nannte), and the past participle is genannt, used with haben to form the perfect: ich habe genannt, du hast genannt, etc.

Usage notes

Nennen expresses naming or referring to someone or something, as in naming a person by a certain name or identifying something by a label. For example: Du nennst ihn Hans. (You call him Hans.) In imperative constructions, the forms differ: nenne (du), nennt (ihr), nennen Sie (Sie). The imperative is commonly used to request someone to provide a name, as in Nenne mir bitte deinen Namen. More neutral or general questions often use Wie nennt man das? (What is this called?).

Related language

Nennen is closely related to other naming and labeling verbs in German, and it often appears in phrases like Wie nennst du dich? (What do you call yourself?) or Wie nennt man diese Stadt? (What is this city called?). The word is frequent in everyday speech, literature, and journalism due to its fundamental function in identification and reference.

In summary, nennst is a key present-tense form used to indicate that you name or call someone or something, with standard present and past conjugations and common uses in direct or reported speech.