abbegehren — German conjugation
to demand (something) from (someone) (rare)
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Irregular
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 | begehre ab | I demand from |
| du | begehrst ab | you demand from |
| er/sie/es | begehrt ab | he/she/it demands from |
| wir | begehren ab | we demand from |
| ihr | begehrt ab | you (pl.) demand from |
| sie/Sie | begehren ab | they demand from |
Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular
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 | begehrte ab | I demanded from |
| du | begehrtest ab | you demanded from |
| er/sie/es | begehrte ab | he/she/it demanded from |
| wir | begehrten ab | we demanded from |
| ihr | begehrtet ab | you (pl.) demanded from |
| sie/Sie | begehrten ab | they demanded from |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular
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 abbegehrt | I have demanded from |
| du | hast abbegehrt | you have demanded from |
| er/sie/es | hat abbegehrt | he/she/it has demanded from |
| wir | haben abbegehrt | we have demanded from |
| ihr | habt abbegehrt | you (pl.) have demanded from |
| sie/Sie | haben abbegehrt | they have demanded from |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular
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 abbegehrt | I had demanded from |
| du | hattest abbegehrt | you had demanded from |
| er/sie/es | hatte abbegehrt | he/she/it had demanded from |
| wir | hatten abbegehrt | we had demanded from |
| ihr | hattet abbegehrt | you (pl.) had demanded from |
| sie/Sie | hatten abbegehrt | they had demanded from |
Future I (Futur I) Irregular
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 abbegehren | I will demand from |
| du | wirst abbegehren | you will demand from |
| er/sie/es | wird abbegehren | he/she/it will demand from |
| wir | werden abbegehren | we will demand from |
| ihr | werdet abbegehren | you (pl.) will demand from |
| sie/Sie | werden abbegehren | they will demand from |
Future II (Futur II) Irregular
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 abbegehrt haben | I will have demanded from |
| du | wirst abbegehrt haben | you will have demanded from |
| er/sie/es | wird abbegehrt haben | he/she/it will have demanded from |
| wir | werden abbegehrt haben | we will have demanded from |
| ihr | werdet abbegehrt haben | you (pl.) will have demanded from |
| sie/Sie | werden abbegehrt haben | they will have demanded from |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular
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 | begehrte ab |
| du | begehrtest ab |
| er/sie/es | begehrte ab |
| wir | begehrten ab |
| ihr | begehrtet ab |
| sie/Sie | begehrten ab |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular
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 | begehre ab |
| ihr | begehrt ab |