abliefern — German conjugation
to deliver
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 | liefere ab | I deliver |
| du | lieferst ab | you deliver |
| er/sie/es | liefert ab | he/she/it delivers |
| wir | liefern ab | we deliver |
| ihr | liefert ab | you (pl.) deliver |
| sie/Sie | liefern ab | they deliver |
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 | lieferte ab | I delivered |
| du | liefertest ab | you delivered |
| er/sie/es | lieferte ab | he/she/it delivered |
| wir | lieferten ab | we delivered |
| ihr | liefertet ab | you (pl.) delivered |
| sie/Sie | lieferten ab | they delivered |
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 abgeliefert | I have delivered |
| du | hast abgeliefert | you have delivered |
| er/sie/es | hat abgeliefert | he/she/it has delivered |
| wir | haben abgeliefert | we have delivered |
| ihr | habt abgeliefert | you (pl.) have delivered |
| sie/Sie | haben abgeliefert | they have delivered |
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 abgeliefert | I had delivered |
| du | hattest abgeliefert | you had delivered |
| er/sie/es | hatte abgeliefert | he/she/it had delivered |
| wir | hatten abgeliefert | we had delivered |
| ihr | hattet abgeliefert | you (pl.) had delivered |
| sie/Sie | hatten abgeliefert | they had delivered |
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 abliefern | I will deliver |
| du | wirst abliefern | you will deliver |
| er/sie/es | wird abliefern | he/she/it will deliver |
| wir | werden abliefern | we will deliver |
| ihr | werdet abliefern | you (pl.) will deliver |
| sie/Sie | werden abliefern | they will deliver |
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 abgeliefert haben | I will have delivered |
| du | wirst abgeliefert haben | you will have delivered |
| er/sie/es | wird abgeliefert haben | he/she/it will have delivered |
| wir | werden abgeliefert haben | we will have delivered |
| ihr | werdet abgeliefert haben | you (pl.) will have delivered |
| sie/Sie | werden abgeliefert haben | they will have delivered |
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 | lieferte ab |
| du | liefertest ab |
| er/sie/es | lieferte ab |
| wir | lieferten ab |
| ihr | liefertet ab |
| sie/Sie | lieferten 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 | liefere ab |
| ihr | liefert ab |