andauern — German conjugation

to last

Frequency#1332Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichdauere anI last
dudauerst anyou last
er/sie/esdauert anhe/she/it lasts
wirdauern anwe last
ihrdauert anyou (pl.) last
sie/Siedauern anthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichdauerte anI lasted
dudauertest anyou lasted
er/sie/esdauerte anhe/she/it lasted
wirdauerten anwe lasted
ihrdauertet anyou (pl.) lasted
sie/Siedauerten anthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe angedauertI have lasted
duhast angedauertyou have lasted
er/sie/eshat angedauerthe/she/it has lasted
wirhaben angedauertwe have lasted
ihrhabt angedauertyou (pl.) have lasted
sie/Siehaben angedauertthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte angedauertI had lasted
duhattest angedauertyou had lasted
er/sie/eshatte angedauerthe/she/it had lasted
wirhatten angedauertwe had lasted
ihrhattet angedauertyou (pl.) had lasted
sie/Siehatten angedauertthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde andauernI will last
duwirst andauernyou will last
er/sie/eswird andauernhe/she/it will last
wirwerden andauernwe will last
ihrwerdet andauernyou (pl.) will last
sie/Siewerden andauernthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde angedauert habenI will have lasted
duwirst angedauert habenyou will have lasted
er/sie/eswird angedauert habenhe/she/it will have lasted
wirwerden angedauert habenwe will have lasted
ihrwerdet angedauert habenyou (pl.) will have lasted
sie/Siewerden angedauert habenthey 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?

PronounGerman
ichdauerte an
dudauertest an
er/sie/esdauerte an
wirdauerten an
ihrdauertet an
sie/Siedauerten 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.

PronounGerman
dudauere an
ihrdauert an