abschauen — German conjugation
to look over
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 | schaue ab | I look over |
| du | schaust ab | you look over |
| er/sie/es | schaut ab | he/she/it looks over |
| wir | schauen ab | we look over |
| ihr | schaut ab | you (pl.) look over |
| sie/Sie | schauen ab | they look over |
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 | schaute ab | I looked over |
| du | schautest ab | you looked over |
| er/sie/es | schaute ab | he/she/it looked over |
| wir | schauten ab | we looked over |
| ihr | schautet ab | you (pl.) looked over |
| sie/Sie | schauten ab | they looked over |
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 abgeschaut | I have looked over |
| du | hast abgeschaut | you have looked over |
| er/sie/es | hat abgeschaut | he/she/it has looked over |
| wir | haben abgeschaut | we have looked over |
| ihr | habt abgeschaut | you (pl.) have looked over |
| sie/Sie | haben abgeschaut | they have looked over |
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 abgeschaut | I had looked over |
| du | hattest abgeschaut | you had looked over |
| er/sie/es | hatte abgeschaut | he/she/it had looked over |
| wir | hatten abgeschaut | we had looked over |
| ihr | hattet abgeschaut | you (pl.) had looked over |
| sie/Sie | hatten abgeschaut | they had looked over |
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 abschauen | I will look over |
| du | wirst abschauen | you will look over |
| er/sie/es | wird abschauen | he/she/it will look over |
| wir | werden abschauen | we will look over |
| ihr | werdet abschauen | you (pl.) will look over |
| sie/Sie | werden abschauen | they will look over |
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 abgeschaut haben | I will have looked over |
| du | wirst abgeschaut haben | you will have looked over |
| er/sie/es | wird abgeschaut haben | he/she/it will have looked over |
| wir | werden abgeschaut haben | we will have looked over |
| ihr | werdet abgeschaut haben | you (pl.) will have looked over |
| sie/Sie | werden abgeschaut haben | they will have looked over |
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 | schaute ab |
| du | schautest ab |
| er/sie/es | schaute ab |
| wir | schauten ab |
| ihr | schautet ab |
| sie/Sie | schauten 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 | schaue ab |
| ihr | schaut ab |