abziehen — German conjugation
to deduct
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 | ziehe ab | I deduct |
| du | ziehst ab | you deduct |
| er/sie/es | zieht ab | he/she/it deducts |
| wir | ziehen ab | we deduct |
| ihr | zieht ab | you (pl.) deduct |
| sie/Sie | ziehen ab | they deduct |
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 | zog ab | I deducted |
| du | zogst ab | you deducted |
| er/sie/es | zog ab | he/she/it deducted |
| wir | zogen ab | we deducted |
| ihr | zogt ab | you (pl.) deducted |
| sie/Sie | zogen ab | they deducted |
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 abgezogen | I have deducted |
| du | hast abgezogen | you have deducted |
| er/sie/es | hat abgezogen | he/she/it has deducted |
| wir | haben abgezogen | we have deducted |
| ihr | habt abgezogen | you (pl.) have deducted |
| sie/Sie | haben abgezogen | they have deducted |
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 abgezogen | I had deducted |
| du | hattest abgezogen | you had deducted |
| er/sie/es | hatte abgezogen | he/she/it had deducted |
| wir | hatten abgezogen | we had deducted |
| ihr | hattet abgezogen | you (pl.) had deducted |
| sie/Sie | hatten abgezogen | they had deducted |
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 abziehen | I will deduct |
| du | wirst abziehen | you will deduct |
| er/sie/es | wird abziehen | he/she/it will deduct |
| wir | werden abziehen | we will deduct |
| ihr | werdet abziehen | you (pl.) will deduct |
| sie/Sie | werden abziehen | they will deduct |
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 abgezogen haben | I will have deducted |
| du | wirst abgezogen haben | you will have deducted |
| er/sie/es | wird abgezogen haben | he/she/it will have deducted |
| wir | werden abgezogen haben | we will have deducted |
| ihr | werdet abgezogen haben | you (pl.) will have deducted |
| sie/Sie | werden abgezogen haben | they will have deducted |
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 | zöge ab |
| du | zögest ab |
| er/sie/es | zöge ab |
| wir | zögen ab |
| ihr | zöget ab |
| sie/Sie | zögen 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 | ziehe ab |
| ihr | zieht ab |