beherbergen — German conjugation

to host

Frequency#1035Regular

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
ichbeherbergeI host
dubeherbergstyou host
er/sie/esbeherbergthe/she/it hosts
wirbeherbergenwe host
ihrbeherbergtyou (pl.) host
sie/Siebeherbergenthey host

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
ichbeherbergteI hosted
dubeherbergtestyou hosted
er/sie/esbeherbergtehe/she/it hosted
wirbeherbergtenwe hosted
ihrbeherbergtetyou (pl.) hosted
sie/Siebeherbergtenthey hosted

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 beherbergtI have hosted
duhast beherbergtyou have hosted
er/sie/eshat beherbergthe/she/it has hosted
wirhaben beherbergtwe have hosted
ihrhabt beherbergtyou (pl.) have hosted
sie/Siehaben beherbergtthey have hosted

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 beherbergtI had hosted
duhattest beherbergtyou had hosted
er/sie/eshatte beherbergthe/she/it had hosted
wirhatten beherbergtwe had hosted
ihrhattet beherbergtyou (pl.) had hosted
sie/Siehatten beherbergtthey had hosted

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 beherbergenI will host
duwirst beherbergenyou will host
er/sie/eswird beherbergenhe/she/it will host
wirwerden beherbergenwe will host
ihrwerdet beherbergenyou (pl.) will host
sie/Siewerden beherbergenthey will host

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

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
ichbeherbergte
dubeherbergtest
er/sie/esbeherbergte
wirbeherbergten
ihrbeherbergtet
sie/Siebeherbergten

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
dubeherberge
ihrbeherbergt