abkaufen — German conjugation
to buy from
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 | kaufe ab | I buy from |
| du | kaufst ab | you buy from |
| er/sie/es | kauft ab | he/she/it buys from |
| wir | kaufen ab | we buy from |
| ihr | kauft ab | you (pl.) buy from |
| sie/Sie | kaufen ab | they buy from |
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 | kaufte ab | I bought from |
| du | kauftest ab | you bought from |
| er/sie/es | kaufte ab | he/she/it bought from |
| wir | kauften ab | we bought from |
| ihr | kauftet ab | you (pl.) bought from |
| sie/Sie | kauften ab | they bought from |
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 abgekauft | I have bought from |
| du | hast abgekauft | you have bought from |
| er/sie/es | hat abgekauft | he/she/it has bought from |
| wir | haben abgekauft | we have bought from |
| ihr | habt abgekauft | you (pl.) have bought from |
| sie/Sie | haben abgekauft | they have bought from |
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 abgekauft | I had bought from |
| du | hattest abgekauft | you had bought from |
| er/sie/es | hatte abgekauft | he/she/it had bought from |
| wir | hatten abgekauft | we had bought from |
| ihr | hattet abgekauft | you (pl.) had bought from |
| sie/Sie | hatten abgekauft | they had bought from |
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 abkaufen | I will buy from |
| du | wirst abkaufen | you will buy from |
| er/sie/es | wird abkaufen | he/she/it will buy from |
| wir | werden abkaufen | we will buy from |
| ihr | werdet abkaufen | you (pl.) will buy from |
| sie/Sie | werden abkaufen | they will buy from |
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 abgekauft haben | I will have bought from |
| du | wirst abgekauft haben | you will have bought from |
| er/sie/es | wird abgekauft haben | he/she/it will have bought from |
| wir | werden abgekauft haben | we will have bought from |
| ihr | werdet abgekauft haben | you (pl.) will have bought from |
| sie/Sie | werden abgekauft haben | they will have bought from |
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 | kaufte ab |
| du | kauftest ab |
| er/sie/es | kaufte ab |
| wir | kauften ab |
| ihr | kauftet ab |
| sie/Sie | kauften 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 | kaufe ab |
| ihr | kauft ab |