abmachen — German conjugation
to agree
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 | mache ab | I agree |
| du | machst ab | you agree |
| er/sie/es | macht ab | he/she/it agrees |
| wir | machen ab | we agree |
| ihr | macht ab | you (pl.) agree |
| sie/Sie | machen ab | they agree |
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 | machte ab | I agreed |
| du | machtest ab | you agreed |
| er/sie/es | machte ab | he/she/it agreed |
| wir | machten ab | we agreed |
| ihr | machtet ab | you (pl.) agreed |
| sie/Sie | machten ab | they agreed |
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 abgemacht | I have agreed |
| du | hast abgemacht | you have agreed |
| er/sie/es | hat abgemacht | he/she/it has agreed |
| wir | haben abgemacht | we have agreed |
| ihr | habt abgemacht | you (pl.) have agreed |
| sie/Sie | haben abgemacht | they have agreed |
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 abgemacht | I had agreed |
| du | hattest abgemacht | you had agreed |
| er/sie/es | hatte abgemacht | he/she/it had agreed |
| wir | hatten abgemacht | we had agreed |
| ihr | hattet abgemacht | you (pl.) had agreed |
| sie/Sie | hatten abgemacht | they had agreed |
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 abmachen | I will agree |
| du | wirst abmachen | you will agree |
| er/sie/es | wird abmachen | he/she/it will agree |
| wir | werden abmachen | we will agree |
| ihr | werdet abmachen | you (pl.) will agree |
| sie/Sie | werden abmachen | they will agree |
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 abgemacht haben | I will have agreed |
| du | wirst abgemacht haben | you will have agreed |
| er/sie/es | wird abgemacht haben | he/she/it will have agreed |
| wir | werden abgemacht haben | we will have agreed |
| ihr | werdet abgemacht haben | you (pl.) will have agreed |
| sie/Sie | werden abgemacht haben | they will have agreed |
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 | machte ab |
| du | machtest ab |
| er/sie/es | machte ab |
| wir | machten ab |
| ihr | machtet ab |
| sie/Sie | machten 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 | mache ab |
| ihr | macht ab |