ausbaldowern — German conjugation

to spy on

Frequency#2386Irregular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichbaldowere ausI spy on
dubaldowerst ausyou spy on
er/sie/esbaldowert aushe/she/it spies on
wirbaldowern auswe spy on
ihrbaldowert ausyou (pl.) spy on
sie/Siebaldowern austhey spy on

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichbaldowerte ausI spied on
dubaldowertest ausyou spied on
er/sie/esbaldowerte aushe/she/it spied on
wirbaldowerten auswe spied on
ihrbaldowertet ausyou (pl.) spied on
sie/Siebaldowerten austhey spied on

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe ausbaldowertI have spied on
duhast ausbaldowertyou have spied on
er/sie/eshat ausbaldowerthe/she/it has spied on
wirhaben ausbaldowertwe have spied on
ihrhabt ausbaldowertyou (pl.) have spied on
sie/Siehaben ausbaldowertthey have spied on

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte ausbaldowertI had spied on
duhattest ausbaldowertyou had spied on
er/sie/eshatte ausbaldowerthe/she/it had spied on
wirhatten ausbaldowertwe had spied on
ihrhattet ausbaldowertyou (pl.) had spied on
sie/Siehatten ausbaldowertthey had spied on

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde ausbaldowernI will spy on
duwirst ausbaldowernyou will spy on
er/sie/eswird ausbaldowernhe/she/it will spy on
wirwerden ausbaldowernwe will spy on
ihrwerdet ausbaldowernyou (pl.) will spy on
sie/Siewerden ausbaldowernthey will spy on

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde ausbaldowert habenI will have spied on
duwirst ausbaldowert habenyou will have spied on
er/sie/eswird ausbaldowert habenhe/she/it will have spied on
wirwerden ausbaldowert habenwe will have spied on
ihrwerdet ausbaldowert habenyou (pl.) will have spied on
sie/Siewerden ausbaldowert habenthey will have spied on

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?

PronounGerman
ichbaldowerte aus
dubaldowertest aus
er/sie/esbaldowerte aus
wirbaldowerten aus
ihrbaldowertet aus
sie/Siebaldowerten aus

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.

PronounGerman
dubaldowere aus
ihrbaldowert aus