bedauern — German conjugation
to regret
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 | bedauere | I regret |
| du | bedauerst | you regret |
| er/sie/es | bedauert | he/she/it regrets |
| wir | bedauern | we regret |
| ihr | bedauert | you (pl.) regret |
| sie/Sie | bedauern | they regret |
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 | bedauerte | I regretted |
| du | bedauertest | you regretted |
| er/sie/es | bedauerte | he/she/it regretted |
| wir | bedauerten | we regretted |
| ihr | bedauertet | you (pl.) regretted |
| sie/Sie | bedauerten | they regretted |
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 bedauert | I have regretted |
| du | hast bedauert | you have regretted |
| er/sie/es | hat bedauert | he/she/it has regretted |
| wir | haben bedauert | we have regretted |
| ihr | habt bedauert | you (pl.) have regretted |
| sie/Sie | haben bedauert | they have regretted |
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 bedauert | I had regretted |
| du | hattest bedauert | you had regretted |
| er/sie/es | hatte bedauert | he/she/it had regretted |
| wir | hatten bedauert | we had regretted |
| ihr | hattet bedauert | you (pl.) had regretted |
| sie/Sie | hatten bedauert | they had regretted |
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 bedauern | I will regret |
| du | wirst bedauern | you will regret |
| er/sie/es | wird bedauern | he/she/it will regret |
| wir | werden bedauern | we will regret |
| ihr | werdet bedauern | you (pl.) will regret |
| sie/Sie | werden bedauern | they will regret |
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 bedauert haben | I will have regretted |
| du | wirst bedauert haben | you will have regretted |
| er/sie/es | wird bedauert haben | he/she/it will have regretted |
| wir | werden bedauert haben | we will have regretted |
| ihr | werdet bedauert haben | you (pl.) will have regretted |
| sie/Sie | werden bedauert haben | they will have regretted |
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 | bedauerte |
| du | bedauertest |
| er/sie/es | bedauerte |
| wir | bedauerten |
| ihr | bedauertet |
| sie/Sie | bedauerten |
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 | bedauere |
| ihr | bedauert |