andauern — German conjugation
to last
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 | dauere an | I last |
| du | dauerst an | you last |
| er/sie/es | dauert an | he/she/it lasts |
| wir | dauern an | we last |
| ihr | dauert an | you (pl.) last |
| sie/Sie | dauern an | they last |
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 | dauerte an | I lasted |
| du | dauertest an | you lasted |
| er/sie/es | dauerte an | he/she/it lasted |
| wir | dauerten an | we lasted |
| ihr | dauertet an | you (pl.) lasted |
| sie/Sie | dauerten an | they lasted |
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 angedauert | I have lasted |
| du | hast angedauert | you have lasted |
| er/sie/es | hat angedauert | he/she/it has lasted |
| wir | haben angedauert | we have lasted |
| ihr | habt angedauert | you (pl.) have lasted |
| sie/Sie | haben angedauert | they have lasted |
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 angedauert | I had lasted |
| du | hattest angedauert | you had lasted |
| er/sie/es | hatte angedauert | he/she/it had lasted |
| wir | hatten angedauert | we had lasted |
| ihr | hattet angedauert | you (pl.) had lasted |
| sie/Sie | hatten angedauert | they had lasted |
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 andauern | I will last |
| du | wirst andauern | you will last |
| er/sie/es | wird andauern | he/she/it will last |
| wir | werden andauern | we will last |
| ihr | werdet andauern | you (pl.) will last |
| sie/Sie | werden andauern | they will last |
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 angedauert haben | I will have lasted |
| du | wirst angedauert haben | you will have lasted |
| er/sie/es | wird angedauert haben | he/she/it will have lasted |
| wir | werden angedauert haben | we will have lasted |
| ihr | werdet angedauert haben | you (pl.) will have lasted |
| sie/Sie | werden angedauert haben | they will have lasted |
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 | dauerte an |
| du | dauertest an |
| er/sie/es | dauerte an |
| wir | dauerten an |
| ihr | dauertet an |
| sie/Sie | dauerten an |
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 | dauere an |
| ihr | dauert an |