ABSTRACT
The present tense in German is mainly used:
to refer to events that are happening at the present time:
Tilmann schreibt eine Nachricht.
Tilman is writing a message.
to describe habitual actions and general statements:
Am Samstagmorgen gehen wir immer auf den Bauernmarkt.
On Saturday morning we always go to the farmers’ market.
Die Erde dreht sich um die Sonne.
The earth revolves around the sun.