baden — German conjugation
to bathe
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 | bade | I bathe |
| du | badest | you bathe |
| er/sie/es | badet | he/she/it bathes |
| wir | baden | we bathe |
| ihr | badet | you (pl.) bathe |
| sie/Sie | baden | they bathe |
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 | badete | I bathed |
| du | badetest | you bathed |
| er/sie/es | badete | he/she/it bathed |
| wir | badeten | we bathed |
| ihr | badetet | you (pl.) bathed |
| sie/Sie | badeten | they bathed |
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 gebadet | I have bathed |
| du | hast gebadet | you have bathed |
| er/sie/es | hat gebadet | he/she/it has bathed |
| wir | haben gebadet | we have bathed |
| ihr | habt gebadet | you (pl.) have bathed |
| sie/Sie | haben gebadet | they have bathed |
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 gebadet | I had bathed |
| du | hattest gebadet | you had bathed |
| er/sie/es | hatte gebadet | he/she/it had bathed |
| wir | hatten gebadet | we had bathed |
| ihr | hattet gebadet | you (pl.) had bathed |
| sie/Sie | hatten gebadet | they had bathed |
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 baden | I will bathe |
| du | wirst baden | you will bathe |
| er/sie/es | wird baden | he/she/it will bathe |
| wir | werden baden | we will bathe |
| ihr | werdet baden | you (pl.) will bathe |
| sie/Sie | werden baden | they will bathe |
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 gebadet haben | I will have bathed |
| du | wirst gebadet haben | you will have bathed |
| er/sie/es | wird gebadet haben | he/she/it will have bathed |
| wir | werden gebadet haben | we will have bathed |
| ihr | werdet gebadet haben | you (pl.) will have bathed |
| sie/Sie | werden gebadet haben | they will have bathed |
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 | badete |
| du | badetest |
| er/sie/es | badete |
| wir | badeten |
| ihr | badetet |
| sie/Sie | badeten |
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 | bade |
| ihr | badet |