belagern — German conjugation
to besiege
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 | belagere | I besiege |
| du | belagerst | you besiege |
| er/sie/es | belagert | he/she/it besieges |
| wir | belagern | we besiege |
| ihr | belagert | you (pl.) besiege |
| sie/Sie | belagern | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | belagerte | I besieged |
| du | belagertest | you besieged |
| er/sie/es | belagerte | he/she/it besieged |
| wir | belagerten | we besieged |
| ihr | belagertet | you (pl.) besieged |
| sie/Sie | belagerten | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe belagert | I have besieged |
| du | hast belagert | you have besieged |
| er/sie/es | hat belagert | he/she/it has besieged |
| wir | haben belagert | we have besieged |
| ihr | habt belagert | you (pl.) have besieged |
| sie/Sie | haben belagert | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte belagert | I had besieged |
| du | hattest belagert | you had besieged |
| er/sie/es | hatte belagert | he/she/it had besieged |
| wir | hatten belagert | we had besieged |
| ihr | hattet belagert | you (pl.) had besieged |
| sie/Sie | hatten belagert | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde belagern | I will besiege |
| du | wirst belagern | you will besiege |
| er/sie/es | wird belagern | he/she/it will besiege |
| wir | werden belagern | we will besiege |
| ihr | werdet belagern | you (pl.) will besiege |
| sie/Sie | werden belagern | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde belagert haben | I will have besieged |
| du | wirst belagert haben | you will have besieged |
| er/sie/es | wird belagert haben | he/she/it will have besieged |
| wir | werden belagert haben | we will have besieged |
| ihr | werdet belagert haben | you (pl.) will have besieged |
| sie/Sie | werden belagert haben | they 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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | belagerte |
| du | belagertest |
| er/sie/es | belagerte |
| wir | belagerten |
| ihr | belagertet |
| sie/Sie | belagerten |
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 | belagere |
| ihr | belagert |