abarten — German conjugation
to deviate, to degenerate (dated)
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 | arte ab | I deviate |
| du | artest ab | you deviate |
| er/sie/es | artet ab | he/she/it deviates |
| wir | arten ab | we deviate |
| ihr | artet ab | you (pl.) deviate |
| sie/Sie | arten ab | they deviate |
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 | artete ab | I deviated |
| du | artetest ab | you deviated |
| er/sie/es | artete ab | he/she/it deviated |
| wir | arteten ab | we deviated |
| ihr | artetet ab | you (pl.) deviated |
| sie/Sie | arteten ab | they deviated |
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 | bin abgeartet | I have deviated |
| du | bist abgeartet | you have deviated |
| er/sie/es | ist abgeartet | he/she/it has deviated |
| wir | sind abgeartet | we have deviated |
| ihr | seid abgeartet | you (pl.) have deviated |
| sie/Sie | sind abgeartet | they have deviated |
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 | war abgeartet | I had deviated |
| du | warst abgeartet | you had deviated |
| er/sie/es | war abgeartet | he/she/it had deviated |
| wir | waren abgeartet | we had deviated |
| ihr | wart abgeartet | you (pl.) had deviated |
| sie/Sie | waren abgeartet | they had deviated |
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 abarten | I will deviate |
| du | wirst abarten | you will deviate |
| er/sie/es | wird abarten | he/she/it will deviate |
| wir | werden abarten | we will deviate |
| ihr | werdet abarten | you (pl.) will deviate |
| sie/Sie | werden abarten | they will deviate |
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 abgeartet sein | I will have deviated |
| du | wirst abgeartet sein | you will have deviated |
| er/sie/es | wird abgeartet sein | he/she/it will have deviated |
| wir | werden abgeartet sein | we will have deviated |
| ihr | werdet abgeartet sein | you (pl.) will have deviated |
| sie/Sie | werden abgeartet sein | they will have deviated |
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 | artete ab |
| du | artetest ab |
| er/sie/es | artete ab |
| wir | arteten ab |
| ihr | artetet ab |
| sie/Sie | arteten 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 | arte ab |
| ihr | artet ab |