abblenden — German conjugation
to dazzle
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 | blende ab | I dazzle |
| du | blendest ab | you dazzle |
| er/sie/es | blendet ab | he/she/it dazzles |
| wir | blenden ab | we dazzle |
| ihr | blendet ab | you (pl.) dazzle |
| sie/Sie | blenden ab | they dazzle |
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 | blendete ab | I dazzled |
| du | blendetest ab | you dazzled |
| er/sie/es | blendete ab | he/she/it dazzled |
| wir | blendeten ab | we dazzled |
| ihr | blendetet ab | you (pl.) dazzled |
| sie/Sie | blendeten ab | they dazzled |
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 abgeblendet | I have dazzled |
| du | hast abgeblendet | you have dazzled |
| er/sie/es | hat abgeblendet | he/she/it has dazzled |
| wir | haben abgeblendet | we have dazzled |
| ihr | habt abgeblendet | you (pl.) have dazzled |
| sie/Sie | haben abgeblendet | they have dazzled |
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 abgeblendet | I had dazzled |
| du | hattest abgeblendet | you had dazzled |
| er/sie/es | hatte abgeblendet | he/she/it had dazzled |
| wir | hatten abgeblendet | we had dazzled |
| ihr | hattet abgeblendet | you (pl.) had dazzled |
| sie/Sie | hatten abgeblendet | they had dazzled |
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 abblenden | I will dazzle |
| du | wirst abblenden | you will dazzle |
| er/sie/es | wird abblenden | he/she/it will dazzle |
| wir | werden abblenden | we will dazzle |
| ihr | werdet abblenden | you (pl.) will dazzle |
| sie/Sie | werden abblenden | they will dazzle |
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 abgeblendet haben | I will have dazzled |
| du | wirst abgeblendet haben | you will have dazzled |
| er/sie/es | wird abgeblendet haben | he/she/it will have dazzled |
| wir | werden abgeblendet haben | we will have dazzled |
| ihr | werdet abgeblendet haben | you (pl.) will have dazzled |
| sie/Sie | werden abgeblendet haben | they will have dazzled |
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 | blendete ab |
| du | blendetest ab |
| er/sie/es | blendete ab |
| wir | blendeten ab |
| ihr | blendetet ab |
| sie/Sie | blendeten 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 | blende ab |
| ihr | blendet ab |