ausscheiden — German conjugation
to eliminate
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 | scheide aus | I eliminate |
| du | scheidest aus | you eliminate |
| er/sie/es | scheidet aus | he/she/it eliminates |
| wir | scheiden aus | we eliminate |
| ihr | scheidet aus | you (pl.) eliminate |
| sie/Sie | scheiden aus | they eliminate |
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 | schied aus | I eliminated |
| du | schiedest aus | you eliminated |
| er/sie/es | schied aus | he/she/it eliminated |
| wir | schieden aus | we eliminated |
| ihr | schiedet aus | you (pl.) eliminated |
| sie/Sie | schieden aus | they eliminated |
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 | bin ausgeschieden | I have eliminated |
| du | bist ausgeschieden | you have eliminated |
| er/sie/es | ist ausgeschieden | he/she/it has eliminated |
| wir | sind ausgeschieden | we have eliminated |
| ihr | seid ausgeschieden | you (pl.) have eliminated |
| sie/Sie | sind ausgeschieden | they have eliminated |
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 | war ausgeschieden | I had eliminated |
| du | warst ausgeschieden | you had eliminated |
| er/sie/es | war ausgeschieden | he/she/it had eliminated |
| wir | waren ausgeschieden | we had eliminated |
| ihr | wart ausgeschieden | you (pl.) had eliminated |
| sie/Sie | waren ausgeschieden | they had eliminated |
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 ausscheiden | I will eliminate |
| du | wirst ausscheiden | you will eliminate |
| er/sie/es | wird ausscheiden | he/she/it will eliminate |
| wir | werden ausscheiden | we will eliminate |
| ihr | werdet ausscheiden | you (pl.) will eliminate |
| sie/Sie | werden ausscheiden | they will eliminate |
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 ausgeschieden sein | I will have eliminated |
| du | wirst ausgeschieden sein | you will have eliminated |
| er/sie/es | wird ausgeschieden sein | he/she/it will have eliminated |
| wir | werden ausgeschieden sein | we will have eliminated |
| ihr | werdet ausgeschieden sein | you (pl.) will have eliminated |
| sie/Sie | werden ausgeschieden sein | they will have eliminated |
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 | schiede aus |
| du | schiedest aus |
| er/sie/es | schiede aus |
| wir | schieden aus |
| ihr | schiedet aus |
| sie/Sie | schieden 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 | scheide aus |
| ihr | scheidet aus |