ableiten — German conjugation
to derive
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 | leite ab | I derive |
| du | leitest ab | you derive |
| er/sie/es | leitet ab | he/she/it derives |
| wir | leiten ab | we derive |
| ihr | leitet ab | you (pl.) derive |
| sie/Sie | leiten ab | they derive |
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 | leitete ab | I derived |
| du | leitetest ab | you derived |
| er/sie/es | leitete ab | he/she/it derived |
| wir | leiteten ab | we derived |
| ihr | leitetet ab | you (pl.) derived |
| sie/Sie | leiteten ab | they derived |
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 abgeleitet | I have derived |
| du | hast abgeleitet | you have derived |
| er/sie/es | hat abgeleitet | he/she/it has derived |
| wir | haben abgeleitet | we have derived |
| ihr | habt abgeleitet | you (pl.) have derived |
| sie/Sie | haben abgeleitet | they have derived |
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 abgeleitet | I had derived |
| du | hattest abgeleitet | you had derived |
| er/sie/es | hatte abgeleitet | he/she/it had derived |
| wir | hatten abgeleitet | we had derived |
| ihr | hattet abgeleitet | you (pl.) had derived |
| sie/Sie | hatten abgeleitet | they had derived |
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 ableiten | I will derive |
| du | wirst ableiten | you will derive |
| er/sie/es | wird ableiten | he/she/it will derive |
| wir | werden ableiten | we will derive |
| ihr | werdet ableiten | you (pl.) will derive |
| sie/Sie | werden ableiten | they will derive |
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 abgeleitet haben | I will have derived |
| du | wirst abgeleitet haben | you will have derived |
| er/sie/es | wird abgeleitet haben | he/she/it will have derived |
| wir | werden abgeleitet haben | we will have derived |
| ihr | werdet abgeleitet haben | you (pl.) will have derived |
| sie/Sie | werden abgeleitet haben | they will have derived |
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 | leitete ab |
| du | leitetest ab |
| er/sie/es | leitete ab |
| wir | leiteten ab |
| ihr | leitetet ab |
| sie/Sie | leiteten 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 | leite ab |
| ihr | leitet ab |