belagern — German conjugation

to besiege

Frequency#1036Regular

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
ichbelagereI besiege
dubelagerstyou besiege
er/sie/esbelagerthe/she/it besieges
wirbelagernwe besiege
ihrbelagertyou (pl.) besiege
sie/Siebelagernthey besiege

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
ichbelagerteI besieged
dubelagertestyou besieged
er/sie/esbelagertehe/she/it besieged
wirbelagertenwe besieged
ihrbelagertetyou (pl.) besieged
sie/Siebelagertenthey besieged

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 belagertI have besieged
duhast belagertyou have besieged
er/sie/eshat belagerthe/she/it has besieged
wirhaben belagertwe have besieged
ihrhabt belagertyou (pl.) have besieged
sie/Siehaben belagertthey have besieged

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 belagertI had besieged
duhattest belagertyou had besieged
er/sie/eshatte belagerthe/she/it had besieged
wirhatten belagertwe had besieged
ihrhattet belagertyou (pl.) had besieged
sie/Siehatten belagertthey had besieged

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 belagernI will besiege
duwirst belagernyou will besiege
er/sie/eswird belagernhe/she/it will besiege
wirwerden belagernwe will besiege
ihrwerdet belagernyou (pl.) will besiege
sie/Siewerden belagernthey will besiege

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

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
ichbelagerte
dubelagertest
er/sie/esbelagerte
wirbelagerten
ihrbelagertet
sie/Siebelagerten

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
dubelagere
ihrbelagert