abbangen — German conjugation
to catch
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 | bange ab | I catch |
| du | bangst ab | you catch |
| er/sie/es | bangt ab | he/she/it catches |
| wir | bangen ab | we catch |
| ihr | bangt ab | you (pl.) catch |
| sie/Sie | bangen ab | they catch |
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 | bangte ab | I caught |
| du | bangtest ab | you caught |
| er/sie/es | bangte ab | he/she/it caught |
| wir | bangten ab | we caught |
| ihr | bangtet ab | you (pl.) caught |
| sie/Sie | bangten ab | they caught |
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 abgebangt | I have caught |
| du | hast abgebangt | you have caught |
| er/sie/es | hat abgebangt | he/she/it has caught |
| wir | haben abgebangt | we have caught |
| ihr | habt abgebangt | you (pl.) have caught |
| sie/Sie | haben abgebangt | they have caught |
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 abgebangt | I had caught |
| du | hattest abgebangt | you had caught |
| er/sie/es | hatte abgebangt | he/she/it had caught |
| wir | hatten abgebangt | we had caught |
| ihr | hattet abgebangt | you (pl.) had caught |
| sie/Sie | hatten abgebangt | they had caught |
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 abbangen | I will catch |
| du | wirst abbangen | you will catch |
| er/sie/es | wird abbangen | he/she/it will catch |
| wir | werden abbangen | we will catch |
| ihr | werdet abbangen | you (pl.) will catch |
| sie/Sie | werden abbangen | they will catch |
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 abgebangt haben | I will have caught |
| du | wirst abgebangt haben | you will have caught |
| er/sie/es | wird abgebangt haben | he/she/it will have caught |
| wir | werden abgebangt haben | we will have caught |
| ihr | werdet abgebangt haben | you (pl.) will have caught |
| sie/Sie | werden abgebangt haben | they will have caught |
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 | bangte ab |
| du | bangtest ab |
| er/sie/es | bangte ab |
| wir | bangten ab |
| ihr | bangtet ab |
| sie/Sie | bangten 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 | bange ab |
| ihr | bangt ab |