abbilden — German conjugation
to depict
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 | bilde ab | I depict |
| du | bildest ab | you depict |
| er/sie/es | bildet ab | he/she/it depicts |
| wir | bilden ab | we depict |
| ihr | bildet ab | you (pl.) depict |
| sie/Sie | bilden ab | they depict |
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 | bildete ab | I depicted |
| du | bildetest ab | you depicted |
| er/sie/es | bildete ab | he/she/it depicted |
| wir | bildeten ab | we depicted |
| ihr | bildetet ab | you (pl.) depicted |
| sie/Sie | bildeten ab | they depicted |
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 abgebildet | I have depicted |
| du | hast abgebildet | you have depicted |
| er/sie/es | hat abgebildet | he/she/it has depicted |
| wir | haben abgebildet | we have depicted |
| ihr | habt abgebildet | you (pl.) have depicted |
| sie/Sie | haben abgebildet | they have depicted |
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 abgebildet | I had depicted |
| du | hattest abgebildet | you had depicted |
| er/sie/es | hatte abgebildet | he/she/it had depicted |
| wir | hatten abgebildet | we had depicted |
| ihr | hattet abgebildet | you (pl.) had depicted |
| sie/Sie | hatten abgebildet | they had depicted |
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 abbilden | I will depict |
| du | wirst abbilden | you will depict |
| er/sie/es | wird abbilden | he/she/it will depict |
| wir | werden abbilden | we will depict |
| ihr | werdet abbilden | you (pl.) will depict |
| sie/Sie | werden abbilden | they will depict |
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 abgebildet haben | I will have depicted |
| du | wirst abgebildet haben | you will have depicted |
| er/sie/es | wird abgebildet haben | he/she/it will have depicted |
| wir | werden abgebildet haben | we will have depicted |
| ihr | werdet abgebildet haben | you (pl.) will have depicted |
| sie/Sie | werden abgebildet haben | they will have depicted |
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 | bildete ab |
| du | bildetest ab |
| er/sie/es | bildete ab |
| wir | bildeten ab |
| ihr | bildetet ab |
| sie/Sie | bildeten 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 | bilde ab |
| ihr | bildet ab |