ablegen — German conjugation
to take off (clothing), to deposit (something)
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 | lege ab | I take off |
| du | legst ab | you take off |
| er/sie/es | legt ab | he/she/it takes off |
| wir | legen ab | we take off |
| ihr | legt ab | you (pl.) take off |
| sie/Sie | legen ab | they take 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 | legte ab | I took off |
| du | legtest ab | you took off |
| er/sie/es | legte ab | he/she/it took off |
| wir | legten ab | we took off |
| ihr | legtet ab | you (pl.) took off |
| sie/Sie | legten ab | they took 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 abgelegt | I have taken off |
| du | hast abgelegt | you have taken off |
| er/sie/es | hat abgelegt | he/she/it has taken off |
| wir | haben abgelegt | we have taken off |
| ihr | habt abgelegt | you (pl.) have taken off |
| sie/Sie | haben abgelegt | they have taken 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 abgelegt | I had taken off |
| du | hattest abgelegt | you had taken off |
| er/sie/es | hatte abgelegt | he/she/it had taken off |
| wir | hatten abgelegt | we had taken off |
| ihr | hattet abgelegt | you (pl.) had taken off |
| sie/Sie | hatten abgelegt | they had taken 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 ablegen | I will take off |
| du | wirst ablegen | you will take off |
| er/sie/es | wird ablegen | he/she/it will take off |
| wir | werden ablegen | we will take off |
| ihr | werdet ablegen | you (pl.) will take off |
| sie/Sie | werden ablegen | they will take 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 abgelegt haben | I will have taken off |
| du | wirst abgelegt haben | you will have taken off |
| er/sie/es | wird abgelegt haben | he/she/it will have taken off |
| wir | werden abgelegt haben | we will have taken off |
| ihr | werdet abgelegt haben | you (pl.) will have taken off |
| sie/Sie | werden abgelegt haben | they will have taken 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 | legte ab |
| du | legtest ab |
| er/sie/es | legte ab |
| wir | legten ab |
| ihr | legtet ab |
| sie/Sie | legten 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 | lege ab |
| ihr | legt ab |