absperren — German conjugation
to close
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 | sperre ab | I close |
| du | sperrst ab | you close |
| er/sie/es | sperrt ab | he/she/it closes |
| wir | sperren ab | we close |
| ihr | sperrt ab | you (pl.) close |
| sie/Sie | sperren ab | they close |
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 | sperrte ab | I closed |
| du | sperrtest ab | you closed |
| er/sie/es | sperrte ab | he/she/it closed |
| wir | sperrten ab | we closed |
| ihr | sperrtet ab | you (pl.) closed |
| sie/Sie | sperrten ab | they closed |
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 abgesperrt | I have closed |
| du | hast abgesperrt | you have closed |
| er/sie/es | hat abgesperrt | he/she/it has closed |
| wir | haben abgesperrt | we have closed |
| ihr | habt abgesperrt | you (pl.) have closed |
| sie/Sie | haben abgesperrt | they have closed |
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 abgesperrt | I had closed |
| du | hattest abgesperrt | you had closed |
| er/sie/es | hatte abgesperrt | he/she/it had closed |
| wir | hatten abgesperrt | we had closed |
| ihr | hattet abgesperrt | you (pl.) had closed |
| sie/Sie | hatten abgesperrt | they had closed |
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 absperren | I will close |
| du | wirst absperren | you will close |
| er/sie/es | wird absperren | he/she/it will close |
| wir | werden absperren | we will close |
| ihr | werdet absperren | you (pl.) will close |
| sie/Sie | werden absperren | they will close |
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 abgesperrt haben | I will have closed |
| du | wirst abgesperrt haben | you will have closed |
| er/sie/es | wird abgesperrt haben | he/she/it will have closed |
| wir | werden abgesperrt haben | we will have closed |
| ihr | werdet abgesperrt haben | you (pl.) will have closed |
| sie/Sie | werden abgesperrt haben | they will have closed |
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 | sperrte ab |
| du | sperrtest ab |
| er/sie/es | sperrte ab |
| wir | sperrten ab |
| ihr | sperrtet ab |
| sie/Sie | sperrten 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 | sperre ab |
| ihr | sperrt ab |