befangen — German conjugation
to be uncomfortable
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 | befange | I am uncomfortable |
| du | befängst | you are uncomfortable |
| er/sie/es | befängt | he/she/it is uncomfortable |
| wir | befangen | we are uncomfortable |
| ihr | befangt | you (pl.) are uncomfortable |
| sie/Sie | befangen | they are uncomfortable |
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 | befing | I was uncomfortable |
| du | befingst | you were uncomfortable |
| er/sie/es | befing | he/she/it was uncomfortable |
| wir | befingen | we were uncomfortable |
| ihr | befingt | you (pl.) were uncomfortable |
| sie/Sie | befingen | they were uncomfortable |
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 | habe befangen | I have been uncomfortable |
| du | hast befangen | you have been uncomfortable |
| er/sie/es | hat befangen | he/she/it has been uncomfortable |
| wir | haben befangen | we have been uncomfortable |
| ihr | habt befangen | you (pl.) have been uncomfortable |
| sie/Sie | haben befangen | they have been uncomfortable |
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 | hatte befangen | I had been uncomfortable |
| du | hattest befangen | you had been uncomfortable |
| er/sie/es | hatte befangen | he/she/it had been uncomfortable |
| wir | hatten befangen | we had been uncomfortable |
| ihr | hattet befangen | you (pl.) had been uncomfortable |
| sie/Sie | hatten befangen | they had been uncomfortable |
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 befangen | I will be uncomfortable |
| du | wirst befangen | you will be uncomfortable |
| er/sie/es | wird befangen | he/she/it will be uncomfortable |
| wir | werden befangen | we will be uncomfortable |
| ihr | werdet befangen | you (pl.) will be uncomfortable |
| sie/Sie | werden befangen | they will be uncomfortable |
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 befangen haben | I will have been uncomfortable |
| du | wirst befangen haben | you will have been uncomfortable |
| er/sie/es | wird befangen haben | he/she/it will have been uncomfortable |
| wir | werden befangen haben | we will have been uncomfortable |
| ihr | werdet befangen haben | you (pl.) will have been uncomfortable |
| sie/Sie | werden befangen haben | they will have been uncomfortable |
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 | befinge |
| du | befingest |
| er/sie/es | befinge |
| wir | befingen |
| ihr | befinget |
| sie/Sie | befingen |
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 | befange |
| ihr | befangt |