ausmessen — German conjugation
to measure out
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | messe aus | I measure out |
| du | misst aus | you measure out |
| er/sie/es | misst aus | he/she/it measures out |
| wir | messen aus | we measure out |
| ihr | messt aus | you (pl.) measure out |
| sie/Sie | messen aus | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | maß aus | I measured out |
| du | maßest aus | you measured out |
| er/sie/es | maß aus | he/she/it measured out |
| wir | maßen aus | we measured out |
| ihr | maßt aus | you (pl.) measured out |
| sie/Sie | maßen aus | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe ausgemessen | I have measured out |
| du | hast ausgemessen | you have measured out |
| er/sie/es | hat ausgemessen | he/she/it has measured out |
| wir | haben ausgemessen | we have measured out |
| ihr | habt ausgemessen | you (pl.) have measured out |
| sie/Sie | haben ausgemessen | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte ausgemessen | I had measured out |
| du | hattest ausgemessen | you had measured out |
| er/sie/es | hatte ausgemessen | he/she/it had measured out |
| wir | hatten ausgemessen | we had measured out |
| ihr | hattet ausgemessen | you (pl.) had measured out |
| sie/Sie | hatten ausgemessen | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde ausmessen | I will measure out |
| du | wirst ausmessen | you will measure out |
| er/sie/es | wird ausmessen | he/she/it will measure out |
| wir | werden ausmessen | we will measure out |
| ihr | werdet ausmessen | you (pl.) will measure out |
| sie/Sie | werden ausmessen | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde ausgemessen haben | I will have measured out |
| du | wirst ausgemessen haben | you will have measured out |
| er/sie/es | wird ausgemessen haben | he/she/it will have measured out |
| wir | werden ausgemessen haben | we will have measured out |
| ihr | werdet ausgemessen haben | you (pl.) will have measured out |
| sie/Sie | werden ausgemessen haben | they 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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | mäße aus |
| du | mäßest aus |
| er/sie/es | mäße aus |
| wir | mäßen aus |
| ihr | mäßet aus |
| sie/Sie | mäßen 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.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | miss aus |
| ihr | messt aus |