adsorbieren — German conjugation
to adsorb
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 | adsorbiere | I adsorb |
| du | adsorbierst | you adsorb |
| er/sie/es | adsorbiert | he/she/it adsorbs |
| wir | adsorbieren | we adsorb |
| ihr | adsorbiert | you (pl.) adsorb |
| sie/Sie | adsorbieren | they adsorb |
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 | adsorbierte | I adsorbed |
| du | adsorbiertest | you adsorbed |
| er/sie/es | adsorbierte | he/she/it adsorbed |
| wir | adsorbierten | we adsorbed |
| ihr | adsorbiertet | you (pl.) adsorbed |
| sie/Sie | adsorbierten | they adsorbed |
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 adsorbiert | I have adsorbed |
| du | hast adsorbiert | you have adsorbed |
| er/sie/es | hat adsorbiert | he/she/it has adsorbed |
| wir | haben adsorbiert | we have adsorbed |
| ihr | habt adsorbiert | you (pl.) have adsorbed |
| sie/Sie | haben adsorbiert | they have adsorbed |
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 adsorbiert | I had adsorbed |
| du | hattest adsorbiert | you had adsorbed |
| er/sie/es | hatte adsorbiert | he/she/it had adsorbed |
| wir | hatten adsorbiert | we had adsorbed |
| ihr | hattet adsorbiert | you (pl.) had adsorbed |
| sie/Sie | hatten adsorbiert | they had adsorbed |
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 adsorbieren | I will adsorb |
| du | wirst adsorbieren | you will adsorb |
| er/sie/es | wird adsorbieren | he/she/it will adsorb |
| wir | werden adsorbieren | we will adsorb |
| ihr | werdet adsorbieren | you (pl.) will adsorb |
| sie/Sie | werden adsorbieren | they will adsorb |
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 adsorbiert haben | I will have adsorbed |
| du | wirst adsorbiert haben | you will have adsorbed |
| er/sie/es | wird adsorbiert haben | he/she/it will have adsorbed |
| wir | werden adsorbiert haben | we will have adsorbed |
| ihr | werdet adsorbiert haben | you (pl.) will have adsorbed |
| sie/Sie | werden adsorbiert haben | they will have adsorbed |
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 | adsorbierte |
| du | adsorbiertest |
| er/sie/es | adsorbierte |
| wir | adsorbierten |
| ihr | adsorbiertet |
| sie/Sie | adsorbierten |
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 | adsorbiere |
| ihr | adsorbiert |