abbuffen — German conjugation
to buff off, to polish off (rare)
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 | buffe ab | I buff off |
| du | buffst ab | you buff off |
| er/sie/es | bufft ab | he/she/it buffs off |
| wir | buffen ab | we buff off |
| ihr | bufft ab | you (pl.) buff off |
| sie/Sie | buffen ab | they buff off |
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 | buffte ab | I buffed off |
| du | bufftest ab | you buffed off |
| er/sie/es | buffte ab | he/she/it buffed off |
| wir | bufften ab | we buffed off |
| ihr | bufftet ab | you (pl.) buffed off |
| sie/Sie | bufften ab | they buffed off |
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 abgebufft | I have buffed off |
| du | hast abgebufft | you have buffed off |
| er/sie/es | hat abgebufft | he/she/it has buffed off |
| wir | haben abgebufft | we have buffed off |
| ihr | habt abgebufft | you (pl.) have buffed off |
| sie/Sie | haben abgebufft | they have buffed off |
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 abgebufft | I had buffed off |
| du | hattest abgebufft | you had buffed off |
| er/sie/es | hatte abgebufft | he/she/it had buffed off |
| wir | hatten abgebufft | we had buffed off |
| ihr | hattet abgebufft | you (pl.) had buffed off |
| sie/Sie | hatten abgebufft | they had buffed off |
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 abbuffen | I will buff off |
| du | wirst abbuffen | you will buff off |
| er/sie/es | wird abbuffen | he/she/it will buff off |
| wir | werden abbuffen | we will buff off |
| ihr | werdet abbuffen | you (pl.) will buff off |
| sie/Sie | werden abbuffen | they will buff off |
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 abgebufft haben | I will have buffed off |
| du | wirst abgebufft haben | you will have buffed off |
| er/sie/es | wird abgebufft haben | he/she/it will have buffed off |
| wir | werden abgebufft haben | we will have buffed off |
| ihr | werdet abgebufft haben | you (pl.) will have buffed off |
| sie/Sie | werden abgebufft haben | they will have buffed off |
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 | buffte ab |
| du | bufftest ab |
| er/sie/es | buffte ab |
| wir | bufften ab |
| ihr | bufftet ab |
| sie/Sie | bufften 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 | buffe ab |
| ihr | bufft ab |