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nerven

annoy, bother, get on someone’s nerves

ˈn ɛ ʁ v ə n
nerv annoy, bother, get on someone’s nerves + en we/they present-tense verb ending
verb · 1st-person plural / 3rd-person plural, present tense Uncommon #18,926
annoy, bother, get on someone’s nerves Often used with an accusative person: jemanden nerven.
GE: Diese Geräusche nerven mich.
EN: These sounds annoy me.
Conjugation of nerven
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First nerve nerven
Second nervst nervt
Third nervt nerven
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second nerv nervt
nerven
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First nerve nerven
Third nerve nerven
Past
genervt
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First nervte —
Third nervte —
Subjunctive past
SingularPlural
First nervte —
Third nervte —

Keine hässlichen Typen, die nerven.

No ugly guys who are annoying.

— Montags in der Sonne (2002)

Die nerven.

They’re annoying.

Und da nerven Sie für den Rest des Lebens Ihre Frau.

And then you’ll annoy your wife for the rest of your life.

— Pappa ante Portas (1991)

Steuern nerven.

Taxes are annoying.

— Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Wenn dich Fragen nerven, darfst du keine Lehrerin werden.

If questions annoy you, you shouldn't become a teacher.

Abends anderen den Pimmel braten und morgens den Direktor nerven!

In the evenings, you're sucking other people's dicks and in the mornings, you're annoying the principal!

— 3 Idiots (2009)

Mich nerven?

Annoying me?

— Harry Potter und der Halbblutprinz (2009)

Ich wollte dich damit nicht nerven.

I didn’t mean to annoy you with that.

— Leid und Herrlichkeit (2019)

Die nerven echt.

They're really annoying.

— Your Name. - Gestern, heute und für immer (2016)

Wer sollte dich nerven?

Who should annoy you?

— Loveless (2017)

Aber wieso muss mich so was überhaupt so sehr nerven?

But why does something like this bother me so much?

— The Garden of Sinners: Paradoxe Helix (2008)

Sie werden uns nerven.

They will annoy us.

— Loveless (2017)

Diese unmöglichen Vorschläge nerven mich nur.

These impossible suggestions just annoy me.

Sie nerven mich.

They annoy me.

— Ich gab Dir mein Herz, Geliebter - Hum dil de chuke sanam (1999)

Ich will dich nicht nerven.

I don't want to bother you.

— Perfect Strangers - Wie viele Geheimnisse verträgt eine Freundschaft? (2016)

Manchmal kannst du echt nerven.

Sometimes you can be really annoying.

— Central Station (1998)