abraten (von) — German conjugation
to dissuade (from)
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Irregular
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 | rate ab | I dissuade |
| du | rätst ab | you dissuade |
| er/sie/es | rät ab | he/she/it dissuades |
| wir | raten ab | we dissuade |
| ihr | ratet ab | you (pl.) dissuade |
| sie/Sie | raten ab | they dissuade |
Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular
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 | riet ab | I dissuaded |
| du | rietest ab | you dissuaded |
| er/sie/es | riet ab | he/she/it dissuaded |
| wir | rieten ab | we dissuaded |
| ihr | rietet ab | you (pl.) dissuaded |
| sie/Sie | rieten ab | they dissuaded |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular
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 abgeraten | I have dissuaded |
| du | hast abgeraten | you have dissuaded |
| er/sie/es | hat abgeraten | he/she/it has dissuaded |
| wir | haben abgeraten | we have dissuaded |
| ihr | habt abgeraten | you (pl.) have dissuaded |
| sie/Sie | haben abgeraten | they have dissuaded |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular
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 abgeraten | I had dissuaded |
| du | hattest abgeraten | you had dissuaded |
| er/sie/es | hatte abgeraten | he/she/it had dissuaded |
| wir | hatten abgeraten | we had dissuaded |
| ihr | hattet abgeraten | you (pl.) had dissuaded |
| sie/Sie | hatten abgeraten | they had dissuaded |
Future I (Futur I) Irregular
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 abraten | I will dissuade |
| du | wirst abraten | you will dissuade |
| er/sie/es | wird abraten | he/she/it will dissuade |
| wir | werden abraten | we will dissuade |
| ihr | werdet abraten | you (pl.) will dissuade |
| sie/Sie | werden abraten | they will dissuade |
Future II (Futur II) Irregular
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 abgeraten haben | I will have dissuaded |
| du | wirst abgeraten haben | you will have dissuaded |
| er/sie/es | wird abgeraten haben | he/she/it will have dissuaded |
| wir | werden abgeraten haben | we will have dissuaded |
| ihr | werdet abgeraten haben | you (pl.) will have dissuaded |
| sie/Sie | werden abgeraten haben | they will have dissuaded |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular
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 | riete ab |
| du | rietest ab |
| er/sie/es | riete ab |
| wir | rieten ab |
| ihr | rietet ab |
| sie/Sie | rieten ab |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular
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 | rate ab |
| ihr | ratet ab |