beherbergen — German conjugation
to host
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 | beherberge | I host |
| du | beherbergst | you host |
| er/sie/es | beherbergt | he/she/it hosts |
| wir | beherbergen | we host |
| ihr | beherbergt | you (pl.) host |
| sie/Sie | beherbergen | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | beherbergte | I hosted |
| du | beherbergtest | you hosted |
| er/sie/es | beherbergte | he/she/it hosted |
| wir | beherbergten | we hosted |
| ihr | beherbergtet | you (pl.) hosted |
| sie/Sie | beherbergten | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe beherbergt | I have hosted |
| du | hast beherbergt | you have hosted |
| er/sie/es | hat beherbergt | he/she/it has hosted |
| wir | haben beherbergt | we have hosted |
| ihr | habt beherbergt | you (pl.) have hosted |
| sie/Sie | haben beherbergt | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte beherbergt | I had hosted |
| du | hattest beherbergt | you had hosted |
| er/sie/es | hatte beherbergt | he/she/it had hosted |
| wir | hatten beherbergt | we had hosted |
| ihr | hattet beherbergt | you (pl.) had hosted |
| sie/Sie | hatten beherbergt | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde beherbergen | I will host |
| du | wirst beherbergen | you will host |
| er/sie/es | wird beherbergen | he/she/it will host |
| wir | werden beherbergen | we will host |
| ihr | werdet beherbergen | you (pl.) will host |
| sie/Sie | werden beherbergen | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde beherbergt haben | I will have hosted |
| du | wirst beherbergt haben | you will have hosted |
| er/sie/es | wird beherbergt haben | he/she/it will have hosted |
| wir | werden beherbergt haben | we will have hosted |
| ihr | werdet beherbergt haben | you (pl.) will have hosted |
| sie/Sie | werden beherbergt haben | they 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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | beherbergte |
| du | beherbergtest |
| er/sie/es | beherbergte |
| wir | beherbergten |
| ihr | beherbergtet |
| sie/Sie | beherbergten |
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 | beherberge |
| ihr | beherbergt |