abdrehen — German conjugation
to turn off
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 | drehe ab | I turn off |
| du | drehst ab | you turn off |
| er/sie/es | dreht ab | he/she/it turns off |
| wir | drehen ab | we turn off |
| ihr | dreht ab | you (pl.) turn off |
| sie/Sie | drehen ab | they turn 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 | drehte ab | I turned off |
| du | drehtest ab | you turned off |
| er/sie/es | drehte ab | he/she/it turned off |
| wir | drehten ab | we turned off |
| ihr | drehtet ab | you (pl.) turned off |
| sie/Sie | drehten ab | they turned 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 abgedreht | I have turned off |
| du | hast abgedreht | you have turned off |
| er/sie/es | hat abgedreht | he/she/it has turned off |
| wir | haben abgedreht | we have turned off |
| ihr | habt abgedreht | you (pl.) have turned off |
| sie/Sie | haben abgedreht | they have turned 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 abgedreht | I had turned off |
| du | hattest abgedreht | you had turned off |
| er/sie/es | hatte abgedreht | he/she/it had turned off |
| wir | hatten abgedreht | we had turned off |
| ihr | hattet abgedreht | you (pl.) had turned off |
| sie/Sie | hatten abgedreht | they had turned 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 abdrehen | I will turn off |
| du | wirst abdrehen | you will turn off |
| er/sie/es | wird abdrehen | he/she/it will turn off |
| wir | werden abdrehen | we will turn off |
| ihr | werdet abdrehen | you (pl.) will turn off |
| sie/Sie | werden abdrehen | they will turn 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 abgedreht haben | I will have turned off |
| du | wirst abgedreht haben | you will have turned off |
| er/sie/es | wird abgedreht haben | he/she/it will have turned off |
| wir | werden abgedreht haben | we will have turned off |
| ihr | werdet abgedreht haben | you (pl.) will have turned off |
| sie/Sie | werden abgedreht haben | they will have turned 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 | drehte ab |
| du | drehtest ab |
| er/sie/es | drehte ab |
| wir | drehten ab |
| ihr | drehtet ab |
| sie/Sie | drehten 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 | drehe ab |
| ihr | dreht ab |