Conjunation

abbestellen — German conjugation

to cancel

Frequency#1725Irregular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichbestelle abI cancel
dubestellst abyou cancel
er/sie/esbestellt abhe/she/it cancels
wirbestellen abwe cancel
ihrbestellt abyou (pl.) cancel
sie/Siebestellen abthey cancel

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichbestellte abI cancelled
dubestelltest abyou cancelled
er/sie/esbestellte abhe/she/it cancelled
wirbestellten abwe cancelled
ihrbestelltet abyou (pl.) cancelled
sie/Siebestellten abthey cancelled

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe abbestelltI have cancelled
duhast abbestelltyou have cancelled
er/sie/eshat abbestellthe/she/it has cancelled
wirhaben abbestelltwe have cancelled
ihrhabt abbestelltyou (pl.) have cancelled
sie/Siehaben abbestelltthey have cancelled

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte abbestelltI had cancelled
duhattest abbestelltyou had cancelled
er/sie/eshatte abbestellthe/she/it had cancelled
wirhatten abbestelltwe had cancelled
ihrhattet abbestelltyou (pl.) had cancelled
sie/Siehatten abbestelltthey had cancelled

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde abbestellenI will cancel
duwirst abbestellenyou will cancel
er/sie/eswird abbestellenhe/she/it will cancel
wirwerden abbestellenwe will cancel
ihrwerdet abbestellenyou (pl.) will cancel
sie/Siewerden abbestellenthey will cancel

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde abbestellt habenI will have cancelled
duwirst abbestellt habenyou will have cancelled
er/sie/eswird abbestellt habenhe/she/it will have cancelled
wirwerden abbestellt habenwe will have cancelled
ihrwerdet abbestellt habenyou (pl.) will have cancelled
sie/Siewerden abbestellt habenthey will have cancelled

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?

PronounGerman
ichbestellte ab
dubestelltest ab
er/sie/esbestellte ab
wirbestellten ab
ihrbestelltet ab
sie/Siebestellten 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.

PronounGerman
dubestelle ab
ihrbestellt ab

Verbs near abbestellen

abbefehlen · abbeizen · abbeißen · abbekommen · abberufen · abbezahlen · abbinden · abbitten · abblasen · abblassen