abacheln — German conjugation
to eat up, to polish off (Jenisch slang)
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Regular
Präsens is the default present for facts, habits, and near-future plans. German has no continuous aspect in the same way as English, so a single form often covers both “I work” and “I am working” when you add a time adverb or context.
Ich arbeite heute im Homeoffice.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | achele ab | I eat up |
| du | achelst ab | you eat up |
| er/sie/es | achelt ab | he/she/it eats up |
| wir | acheln ab | we eat up |
| ihr | achelt ab | you (pl.) eat up |
| sie/Sie | acheln ab | they eat up |
Simple past (Präteritum) Regular
Präteritum is a narrative past, common in print and in northern speech, while southern speakers lean on the perfect in conversation. sein and haben keep their Präteritum even when you otherwise avoid the preterite.
Er war müde, aber er hatte keinen Kaffee mehr.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | achelte ab | I ate up |
| du | acheltest ab | you ate up |
| er/sie/es | achelte ab | he/she/it ate up |
| wir | achelten ab | we ate up |
| ihr | acheltet ab | you (pl.) ate up |
| sie/Sie | achelten ab | they ate up |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Regular
The Perfekt is the everyday past for finished events: auxiliary haben or sein plus participle, with sein for most motion, coming/going, and some change-of-state verbs.
Wir sind rechtzeitig angekommen und haben gefeiert.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe abgeachelt | I have eaten up |
| du | hast abgeachelt | you have eaten up |
| er/sie/es | hat abgeachelt | he/she/it has eaten up |
| wir | haben abgeachelt | we have eaten up |
| ihr | habt abgeachelt | you (pl.) have eaten up |
| sie/Sie | haben abgeachelt | they have eaten up |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Regular
The Plusquamperfekt is the pluperfect: it marks what had already completed before a later past episode in the same narrative.
Sie war schon gegangen, bevor er ankam.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte abgeachelt | I had eaten up |
| du | hattest abgeachelt | you had eaten up |
| er/sie/es | hatte abgeachelt | he/she/it had eaten up |
| wir | hatten abgeachelt | we had eaten up |
| ihr | hattet abgeachelt | you (pl.) had eaten up |
| sie/Sie | hatten abgeachelt | they had eaten up |
Future I (Futur I) Regular
Futur I is for predictions, firm promises, and also probability about the present in colloquial German. Everyday speech very often uses Präsens plus a time expression instead.
Morgen schneit es, sagt der Wetterbericht.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde abacheln | I will eat up |
| du | wirst abacheln | you will eat up |
| er/sie/es | wird abacheln | he/she/it will eat up |
| wir | werden abacheln | we will eat up |
| ihr | werdet abacheln | you (pl.) will eat up |
| sie/Sie | werden abacheln | they will eat up |
Future II (Futur II) Regular
Futur II (werden + participle + haben/sein) names an action that will be completed before a later time, and can also express a guess that something must already have happened.
Bis Freitag werde ich alles gepackt haben.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde abgeachelt haben | I will have eaten up |
| du | wirst abgeachelt haben | you will have eaten up |
| er/sie/es | wird abgeachelt haben | he/she/it will have eaten up |
| wir | werden abgeachelt haben | we will have eaten up |
| ihr | werdet abgeachelt haben | you (pl.) will have eaten up |
| sie/Sie | werden abgeachelt haben | they will have eaten up |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Regular
Konjunktiv II is the mood for politeness, contrary-to-fact if-clauses, and reported views. In speech, würde + infinitive often stands in for rarer preterit-based forms.
Könnten Sie mir bitte helfen?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | achelte ab |
| du | acheltest ab |
| er/sie/es | achelte ab |
| wir | achelten ab |
| ihr | acheltet ab |
| sie/Sie | achelten ab |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Regular
The imperative uses the du, ihr, and Sie forms of command; the informal du form drops the -st of the present for many strong verbs, and separable-prefix verbs place the prefix at the end.
Mach bitte schnell, der Zug fährt gleich ab.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | achele ab |
| ihr | achelt ab |