ausreden — German conjugation

to talk out of (something)

Frequency#1908Regular

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.

Pronoun	German	English
ich	rede aus	I talk out of
du	redest aus	you talk out of
er/sie/es	redet aus	he/she/it talks out of
wir	reden aus	we talk out of
ihr	redet aus	you (pl.) talk out of
sie/Sie	reden aus	they talk out of

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.

Pronoun	German	English
ich	redete aus	I talked out of
du	redetest aus	you talked out of
er/sie/es	redete aus	he/she/it talked out of
wir	redeten aus	we talked out of
ihr	redetet aus	you (pl.) talked out of
sie/Sie	redeten aus	they talked out of

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.

Pronoun	German	English
ich	habe ausgeredet	I have talked out of
du	hast ausgeredet	you have talked out of
er/sie/es	hat ausgeredet	he/she/it has talked out of
wir	haben ausgeredet	we have talked out of
ihr	habt ausgeredet	you (pl.) have talked out of
sie/Sie	haben ausgeredet	they have talked out of

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.

Pronoun	German	English
ich	hatte ausgeredet	I had talked out of
du	hattest ausgeredet	you had talked out of
er/sie/es	hatte ausgeredet	he/she/it had talked out of
wir	hatten ausgeredet	we had talked out of
ihr	hattet ausgeredet	you (pl.) had talked out of
sie/Sie	hatten ausgeredet	they had talked out of

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.

Pronoun	German	English
ich	werde ausreden	I will talk out of
du	wirst ausreden	you will talk out of
er/sie/es	wird ausreden	he/she/it will talk out of
wir	werden ausreden	we will talk out of
ihr	werdet ausreden	you (pl.) will talk out of
sie/Sie	werden ausreden	they will talk out of

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.

Pronoun	German	English
ich	werde ausgeredet haben	I will have talked out of
du	wirst ausgeredet haben	you will have talked out of
er/sie/es	wird ausgeredet haben	he/she/it will have talked out of
wir	werden ausgeredet haben	we will have talked out of
ihr	werdet ausgeredet haben	you (pl.) will have talked out of
sie/Sie	werden ausgeredet haben	they will have talked out of

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?

Pronoun	German
ich	redete aus
du	redetest aus
er/sie/es	redete aus
wir	redeten aus
ihr	redetet aus
sie/Sie	redeten 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.

Pronoun	German
du	rede aus
ihr	redet aus