ausschenken — German conjugation
to serve
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 | schenke aus | I serve |
| du | schenkst aus | you serve |
| er/sie/es | schenkt aus | he/she/it serves |
| wir | schenken aus | we serve |
| ihr | schenkt aus | you (pl.) serve |
| sie/Sie | schenken aus | they serve |
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 | schenkte aus | I served |
| du | schenktest aus | you served |
| er/sie/es | schenkte aus | he/she/it served |
| wir | schenkten aus | we served |
| ihr | schenktet aus | you (pl.) served |
| sie/Sie | schenkten aus | they served |
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 ausgeschenkt | I have served |
| du | hast ausgeschenkt | you have served |
| er/sie/es | hat ausgeschenkt | he/she/it has served |
| wir | haben ausgeschenkt | we have served |
| ihr | habt ausgeschenkt | you (pl.) have served |
| sie/Sie | haben ausgeschenkt | they have served |
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 ausgeschenkt | I had served |
| du | hattest ausgeschenkt | you had served |
| er/sie/es | hatte ausgeschenkt | he/she/it had served |
| wir | hatten ausgeschenkt | we had served |
| ihr | hattet ausgeschenkt | you (pl.) had served |
| sie/Sie | hatten ausgeschenkt | they had served |
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 ausschenken | I will serve |
| du | wirst ausschenken | you will serve |
| er/sie/es | wird ausschenken | he/she/it will serve |
| wir | werden ausschenken | we will serve |
| ihr | werdet ausschenken | you (pl.) will serve |
| sie/Sie | werden ausschenken | they will serve |
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 ausgeschenkt haben | I will have served |
| du | wirst ausgeschenkt haben | you will have served |
| er/sie/es | wird ausgeschenkt haben | he/she/it will have served |
| wir | werden ausgeschenkt haben | we will have served |
| ihr | werdet ausgeschenkt haben | you (pl.) will have served |
| sie/Sie | werden ausgeschenkt haben | they will have served |
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 | schenkte aus |
| du | schenktest aus |
| er/sie/es | schenkte aus |
| wir | schenkten aus |
| ihr | schenktet aus |
| sie/Sie | schenkten 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 | schenke aus |
| ihr | schenkt aus |