abbringen — German conjugation
to dissuade
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 | bringe ab | I dissuade |
| du | bringst ab | you dissuade |
| er/sie/es | bringt ab | he/she/it dissuades |
| wir | bringen ab | we dissuade |
| ihr | bringt ab | you (pl.) dissuade |
| sie/Sie | bringen ab | they dissuade |
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 | brachte ab | I dissuaded |
| du | brachtest ab | you dissuaded |
| er/sie/es | brachte ab | he/she/it dissuaded |
| wir | brachten ab | we dissuaded |
| ihr | brachtet ab | you (pl.) dissuaded |
| sie/Sie | brachten ab | they dissuaded |
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 abgebracht | I have dissuaded |
| du | hast abgebracht | you have dissuaded |
| er/sie/es | hat abgebracht | he/she/it has dissuaded |
| wir | haben abgebracht | we have dissuaded |
| ihr | habt abgebracht | you (pl.) have dissuaded |
| sie/Sie | haben abgebracht | they have dissuaded |
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 abgebracht | I had dissuaded |
| du | hattest abgebracht | you had dissuaded |
| er/sie/es | hatte abgebracht | he/she/it had dissuaded |
| wir | hatten abgebracht | we had dissuaded |
| ihr | hattet abgebracht | you (pl.) had dissuaded |
| sie/Sie | hatten abgebracht | they had dissuaded |
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 abbringen | I will dissuade |
| du | wirst abbringen | you will dissuade |
| er/sie/es | wird abbringen | he/she/it will dissuade |
| wir | werden abbringen | we will dissuade |
| ihr | werdet abbringen | you (pl.) will dissuade |
| sie/Sie | werden abbringen | they will dissuade |
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 abgebracht haben | I will have dissuaded |
| du | wirst abgebracht haben | you will have dissuaded |
| er/sie/es | wird abgebracht haben | he/she/it will have dissuaded |
| wir | werden abgebracht haben | we will have dissuaded |
| ihr | werdet abgebracht haben | you (pl.) will have dissuaded |
| sie/Sie | werden abgebracht haben | they will have dissuaded |
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 | brächte ab |
| du | brächtest ab |
| er/sie/es | brächte ab |
| wir | brächten ab |
| ihr | brächtet ab |
| sie/Sie | brächten 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 | bringe ab |
| ihr | bringt ab |