behaupten — German conjugation

to assert

Frequency#457Regular

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
ichbehaupteI assert
dubehauptestyou assert
er/sie/esbehauptethe/she/it asserts
wirbehauptenwe assert
ihrbehauptetyou (pl.) assert
sie/Siebehauptenthey assert

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
ichbehaupteteI asserted
dubehauptetestyou asserted
er/sie/esbehauptetehe/she/it asserted
wirbehauptetenwe asserted
ihrbehauptetetyou (pl.) asserted
sie/Siebehauptetenthey asserted

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 behauptetI have asserted
duhast behauptetyou have asserted
er/sie/eshat behauptethe/she/it has asserted
wirhaben behauptetwe have asserted
ihrhabt behauptetyou (pl.) have asserted
sie/Siehaben behauptetthey have asserted

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 behauptetI had asserted
duhattest behauptetyou had asserted
er/sie/eshatte behauptethe/she/it had asserted
wirhatten behauptetwe had asserted
ihrhattet behauptetyou (pl.) had asserted
sie/Siehatten behauptetthey had asserted

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 behauptenI will assert
duwirst behauptenyou will assert
er/sie/eswird behauptenhe/she/it will assert
wirwerden behauptenwe will assert
ihrwerdet behauptenyou (pl.) will assert
sie/Siewerden behauptenthey will assert

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 behauptet habenI will have asserted
duwirst behauptet habenyou will have asserted
er/sie/eswird behauptet habenhe/she/it will have asserted
wirwerden behauptet habenwe will have asserted
ihrwerdet behauptet habenyou (pl.) will have asserted
sie/Siewerden behauptet habenthey will have asserted

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
ichbehauptete
dubehauptetest
er/sie/esbehauptete
wirbehaupteten
ihrbehauptetet
sie/Siebehaupteten

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
dubehaupte
ihrbehauptet