ausmessen — German conjugation

to measure out

Frequency#1907Irregular

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
ichmesse ausI measure out
dumisst ausyou measure out
er/sie/esmisst aushe/she/it measures out
wirmessen auswe measure out
ihrmesst ausyou (pl.) measure out
sie/Siemessen austhey measure out

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
ichmaß ausI measured out
dumaßest ausyou measured out
er/sie/esmaß aushe/she/it measured out
wirmaßen auswe measured out
ihrmaßt ausyou (pl.) measured out
sie/Siemaßen austhey measured out

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 ausgemessenI have measured out
duhast ausgemessenyou have measured out
er/sie/eshat ausgemessenhe/she/it has measured out
wirhaben ausgemessenwe have measured out
ihrhabt ausgemessenyou (pl.) have measured out
sie/Siehaben ausgemessenthey have measured out

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 ausgemessenI had measured out
duhattest ausgemessenyou had measured out
er/sie/eshatte ausgemessenhe/she/it had measured out
wirhatten ausgemessenwe had measured out
ihrhattet ausgemessenyou (pl.) had measured out
sie/Siehatten ausgemessenthey had measured out

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 ausmessenI will measure out
duwirst ausmessenyou will measure out
er/sie/eswird ausmessenhe/she/it will measure out
wirwerden ausmessenwe will measure out
ihrwerdet ausmessenyou (pl.) will measure out
sie/Siewerden ausmessenthey will measure out

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

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
ichmäße aus
dumäßest aus
er/sie/esmäße aus
wirmäßen aus
ihrmäßet aus
sie/Siemäßen 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
dumiss aus
ihrmesst aus