abstammen — German conjugation
to originate
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 | stamme ab | I originate |
| du | stammst ab | you originate |
| er/sie/es | stammt ab | he/she/it originates |
| wir | stammen ab | we originate |
| ihr | stammt ab | you (pl.) originate |
| sie/Sie | stammen ab | they originate |
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 | stammte ab | I originated |
| du | stammtest ab | you originated |
| er/sie/es | stammte ab | he/she/it originated |
| wir | stammten ab | we originated |
| ihr | stammtet ab | you (pl.) originated |
| sie/Sie | stammten ab | they originated |
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 abgestammt | I have originated |
| du | hast abgestammt | you have originated |
| er/sie/es | hat abgestammt | he/she/it has originated |
| wir | haben abgestammt | we have originated |
| ihr | habt abgestammt | you (pl.) have originated |
| sie/Sie | haben abgestammt | they have originated |
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 abgestammt | I had originated |
| du | hattest abgestammt | you had originated |
| er/sie/es | hatte abgestammt | he/she/it had originated |
| wir | hatten abgestammt | we had originated |
| ihr | hattet abgestammt | you (pl.) had originated |
| sie/Sie | hatten abgestammt | they had originated |
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 abstammen | I will originate |
| du | wirst abstammen | you will originate |
| er/sie/es | wird abstammen | he/she/it will originate |
| wir | werden abstammen | we will originate |
| ihr | werdet abstammen | you (pl.) will originate |
| sie/Sie | werden abstammen | they will originate |
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 abgestammt haben | I will have originated |
| du | wirst abgestammt haben | you will have originated |
| er/sie/es | wird abgestammt haben | he/she/it will have originated |
| wir | werden abgestammt haben | we will have originated |
| ihr | werdet abgestammt haben | you (pl.) will have originated |
| sie/Sie | werden abgestammt haben | they will have originated |
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 | stammte ab |
| du | stammtest ab |
| er/sie/es | stammte ab |
| wir | stammten ab |
| ihr | stammtet ab |
| sie/Sie | stammten 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 | stamme ab |
| ihr | stammt ab |