abbaumen — German conjugation
to dismantle
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 | baume ab | I dismantle |
| du | baumst ab | you dismantle |
| er/sie/es | baumt ab | he/she/it dismantles |
| wir | baumen ab | we dismantle |
| ihr | baumt ab | you (pl.) dismantle |
| sie/Sie | baumen ab | they dismantle |
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 | baumte ab | I dismantled |
| du | baumtest ab | you dismantled |
| er/sie/es | baumte ab | he/she/it dismantled |
| wir | baumten ab | we dismantled |
| ihr | baumtet ab | you (pl.) dismantled |
| sie/Sie | baumten ab | they dismantled |
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 abgebaumt | I have dismantled |
| du | bist abgebaumt | you have dismantled |
| er/sie/es | ist abgebaumt | he/she/it has dismantled |
| wir | sind abgebaumt | we have dismantled |
| ihr | seid abgebaumt | you (pl.) have dismantled |
| sie/Sie | sind abgebaumt | they have dismantled |
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 abgebaumt | I had dismantled |
| du | warst abgebaumt | you had dismantled |
| er/sie/es | war abgebaumt | he/she/it had dismantled |
| wir | waren abgebaumt | we had dismantled |
| ihr | wart abgebaumt | you (pl.) had dismantled |
| sie/Sie | waren abgebaumt | they had dismantled |
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 abbaumen | I will dismantle |
| du | wirst abbaumen | you will dismantle |
| er/sie/es | wird abbaumen | he/she/it will dismantle |
| wir | werden abbaumen | we will dismantle |
| ihr | werdet abbaumen | you (pl.) will dismantle |
| sie/Sie | werden abbaumen | they will dismantle |
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 abgebaumt sein | I will have dismantled |
| du | wirst abgebaumt sein | you will have dismantled |
| er/sie/es | wird abgebaumt sein | he/she/it will have dismantled |
| wir | werden abgebaumt sein | we will have dismantled |
| ihr | werdet abgebaumt sein | you (pl.) will have dismantled |
| sie/Sie | werden abgebaumt sein | they will have dismantled |
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 | baumte ab |
| du | baumtest ab |
| er/sie/es | baumte ab |
| wir | baumten ab |
| ihr | baumtet ab |
| sie/Sie | baumten 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 | baume ab |
| ihr | baumt ab |