abbalgen — German conjugation
to skin (an animal)
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 | balge ab | I skin |
| du | balgst ab | you skin |
| er/sie/es | balgt ab | he/she/it skins |
| wir | balgen ab | we skin |
| ihr | balgt ab | you (pl.) skin |
| sie/Sie | balgen ab | they skin |
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 | balgte ab | I skinned |
| du | balgtest ab | you skinned |
| er/sie/es | balgte ab | he/she/it skinned |
| wir | balgten ab | we skinned |
| ihr | balgtet ab | you (pl.) skinned |
| sie/Sie | balgten ab | they skinned |
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 abgebalgt | I have skinned |
| du | hast abgebalgt | you have skinned |
| er/sie/es | hat abgebalgt | he/she/it has skinned |
| wir | haben abgebalgt | we have skinned |
| ihr | habt abgebalgt | you (pl.) have skinned |
| sie/Sie | haben abgebalgt | they have skinned |
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 abgebalgt | I had skinned |
| du | hattest abgebalgt | you had skinned |
| er/sie/es | hatte abgebalgt | he/she/it had skinned |
| wir | hatten abgebalgt | we had skinned |
| ihr | hattet abgebalgt | you (pl.) had skinned |
| sie/Sie | hatten abgebalgt | they had skinned |
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 abbalgen | I will skin |
| du | wirst abbalgen | you will skin |
| er/sie/es | wird abbalgen | he/she/it will skin |
| wir | werden abbalgen | we will skin |
| ihr | werdet abbalgen | you (pl.) will skin |
| sie/Sie | werden abbalgen | they will skin |
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 abgebalgt haben | I will have skinned |
| du | wirst abgebalgt haben | you will have skinned |
| er/sie/es | wird abgebalgt haben | he/she/it will have skinned |
| wir | werden abgebalgt haben | we will have skinned |
| ihr | werdet abgebalgt haben | you (pl.) will have skinned |
| sie/Sie | werden abgebalgt haben | they will have skinned |
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 | balgte ab |
| du | balgtest ab |
| er/sie/es | balgte ab |
| wir | balgten ab |
| ihr | balgtet ab |
| sie/Sie | balgten 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 | balge ab |
| ihr | balgt ab |