ausüben — German conjugation

to exercise

Frequency#619Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichübe ausI exercise
duübst ausyou exercise
er/sie/esübt aushe/she/it exercises
wirüben auswe exercise
ihrübt ausyou (pl.) exercise
sie/Sieüben austhey exercise

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichübte ausI exercised
duübtest ausyou exercised
er/sie/esübte aushe/she/it exercised
wirübten auswe exercised
ihrübtet ausyou (pl.) exercised
sie/Sieübten austhey exercised

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe ausgeübtI have exercised
duhast ausgeübtyou have exercised
er/sie/eshat ausgeübthe/she/it has exercised
wirhaben ausgeübtwe have exercised
ihrhabt ausgeübtyou (pl.) have exercised
sie/Siehaben ausgeübtthey have exercised

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte ausgeübtI had exercised
duhattest ausgeübtyou had exercised
er/sie/eshatte ausgeübthe/she/it had exercised
wirhatten ausgeübtwe had exercised
ihrhattet ausgeübtyou (pl.) had exercised
sie/Siehatten ausgeübtthey had exercised

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde ausübenI will exercise
duwirst ausübenyou will exercise
er/sie/eswird ausübenhe/she/it will exercise
wirwerden ausübenwe will exercise
ihrwerdet ausübenyou (pl.) will exercise
sie/Siewerden ausübenthey will exercise

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde ausgeübt habenI will have exercised
duwirst ausgeübt habenyou will have exercised
er/sie/eswird ausgeübt habenhe/she/it will have exercised
wirwerden ausgeübt habenwe will have exercised
ihrwerdet ausgeübt habenyou (pl.) will have exercised
sie/Siewerden ausgeübt habenthey will have exercised

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?

PronounGerman
ichübte aus
duübtest aus
er/sie/esübte aus
wirübten aus
ihrübtet aus
sie/Sieübten 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.

PronounGerman
duübe aus
ihrübt aus