abfasen — German conjugation
to phase out
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 | fase ab | I phase out |
| du | fast ab | you phase out |
| er/sie/es | fast ab | he/she/it phases out |
| wir | fasen ab | we phase out |
| ihr | fast ab | you (pl.) phase out |
| sie/Sie | fasen ab | they phase out |
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 | faste ab | I phased out |
| du | fastest ab | you phased out |
| er/sie/es | faste ab | he/she/it phased out |
| wir | fasten ab | we phased out |
| ihr | fastet ab | you (pl.) phased out |
| sie/Sie | fasten ab | they phased out |
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 abgefast | I have phased out |
| du | hast abgefast | you have phased out |
| er/sie/es | hat abgefast | he/she/it has phased out |
| wir | haben abgefast | we have phased out |
| ihr | habt abgefast | you (pl.) have phased out |
| sie/Sie | haben abgefast | they have phased out |
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 abgefast | I had phased out |
| du | hattest abgefast | you had phased out |
| er/sie/es | hatte abgefast | he/she/it had phased out |
| wir | hatten abgefast | we had phased out |
| ihr | hattet abgefast | you (pl.) had phased out |
| sie/Sie | hatten abgefast | they had phased out |
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 abfasen | I will phase out |
| du | wirst abfasen | you will phase out |
| er/sie/es | wird abfasen | he/she/it will phase out |
| wir | werden abfasen | we will phase out |
| ihr | werdet abfasen | you (pl.) will phase out |
| sie/Sie | werden abfasen | they will phase out |
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 abgefast haben | I will have phased out |
| du | wirst abgefast haben | you will have phased out |
| er/sie/es | wird abgefast haben | he/she/it will have phased out |
| wir | werden abgefast haben | we will have phased out |
| ihr | werdet abgefast haben | you (pl.) will have phased out |
| sie/Sie | werden abgefast haben | they will have phased out |
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 | faste ab |
| du | fastest ab |
| er/sie/es | faste ab |
| wir | fasten ab |
| ihr | fastet ab |
| sie/Sie | fasten 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 | fase ab |
| ihr | fast ab |