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tense verb

  /tɛns/
  • (intransitive) To become tense.
 anspannen, spannen
  • (transitive) To make tense.
 spannen

tense noun

  /tɛns/
  • (linguistics, grammar, countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.
 Tempus, Zeit

tense adjective

  /tɛns/
  • Showing signs of stress or strain.
 angespannt, gespannt, verkrampft
  • Pulled taut, without any slack.
 gespannt, straff

tenseness noun

  • The characteristic of being tense.
 Gespanntheit
present tense
Präsens, Gegenwart
past tense
Präteritum, Vergangenheit
future tense
Futur, Zukunft
pluperfect tense
Plusquamperfekt, vollendete Vergangenheit, Vorvergangenheit
indicative present tense
Präsens
become tense
anspannen
past historic tense
Präteritum
past imperfect tense
Imperfekt
perfect tense
ideal
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