ausmachen — German conjugation

to determine

Frequency#805Regular

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
ichmache ausI determine
dumachst ausyou determine
er/sie/esmacht aushe/she/it determines
wirmachen auswe determine
ihrmacht ausyou (pl.) determine
sie/Siemachen austhey determine

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
ichmachte ausI determined
dumachtest ausyou determined
er/sie/esmachte aushe/she/it determined
wirmachten auswe determined
ihrmachtet ausyou (pl.) determined
sie/Siemachten austhey determined

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 ausgemachtI have determined
duhast ausgemachtyou have determined
er/sie/eshat ausgemachthe/she/it has determined
wirhaben ausgemachtwe have determined
ihrhabt ausgemachtyou (pl.) have determined
sie/Siehaben ausgemachtthey have determined

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 ausgemachtI had determined
duhattest ausgemachtyou had determined
er/sie/eshatte ausgemachthe/she/it had determined
wirhatten ausgemachtwe had determined
ihrhattet ausgemachtyou (pl.) had determined
sie/Siehatten ausgemachtthey had determined

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 ausmachenI will determine
duwirst ausmachenyou will determine
er/sie/eswird ausmachenhe/she/it will determine
wirwerden ausmachenwe will determine
ihrwerdet ausmachenyou (pl.) will determine
sie/Siewerden ausmachenthey will determine

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 ausgemacht habenI will have determined
duwirst ausgemacht habenyou will have determined
er/sie/eswird ausgemacht habenhe/she/it will have determined
wirwerden ausgemacht habenwe will have determined
ihrwerdet ausgemacht habenyou (pl.) will have determined
sie/Siewerden ausgemacht habenthey will have determined

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
ichmachte aus
dumachtest aus
er/sie/esmachte aus
wirmachten aus
ihrmachtet aus
sie/Siemachten aus

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
dumache aus
ihrmacht aus