abbekommen — German conjugation
to receive (a share of something)
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 | bekomme ab | I receive |
| du | bekommtst ab | you receive |
| er/sie/es | bekommt ab | he/she/it receives |
| wir | bekommen ab | we receive |
| ihr | bekommt ab | you (pl.) receive |
| sie/Sie | bekommen ab | they receive |
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 | bekam ab | I received |
| du | bekamst ab | you received |
| er/sie/es | bekam ab | he/she/it received |
| wir | bekamen ab | we received |
| ihr | bekamt ab | you (pl.) received |
| sie/Sie | bekamen ab | they received |
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 abbekommen | I have received |
| du | hast abbekommen | you have received |
| er/sie/es | hat abbekommen | he/she/it has received |
| wir | haben abbekommen | we have received |
| ihr | habt abbekommen | you (pl.) have received |
| sie/Sie | haben abbekommen | they have received |
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 abbekommen | I had received |
| du | hattest abbekommen | you had received |
| er/sie/es | hatte abbekommen | he/she/it had received |
| wir | hatten abbekommen | we had received |
| ihr | hattet abbekommen | you (pl.) had received |
| sie/Sie | hatten abbekommen | they had received |
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 abbekommen | I will receive |
| du | wirst abbekommen | you will receive |
| er/sie/es | wird abbekommen | he/she/it will receive |
| wir | werden abbekommen | we will receive |
| ihr | werdet abbekommen | you (pl.) will receive |
| sie/Sie | werden abbekommen | they will receive |
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 abbekommen haben | I will have received |
| du | wirst abbekommen haben | you will have received |
| er/sie/es | wird abbekommen haben | he/she/it will have received |
| wir | werden abbekommen haben | we will have received |
| ihr | werdet abbekommen haben | you (pl.) will have received |
| sie/Sie | werden abbekommen haben | they will have received |
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 | bekäme ab |
| du | bekämest ab |
| er/sie/es | bekäme ab |
| wir | bekämen ab |
| ihr | bekämet ab |
| sie/Sie | bekämen 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 | bekommt ab |
| ihr | bekommt ab |