belegen — German conjugation
to occupy (a place)
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 | belege | I occupy |
| du | belegst | you occupy |
| er/sie/es | belegt | he/she/it occupies |
| wir | belegen | we occupy |
| ihr | belegt | you (pl.) occupy |
| sie/Sie | belegen | they occupy |
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 | belegte | I occupied |
| du | belegtest | you occupied |
| er/sie/es | belegte | he/she/it occupied |
| wir | belegten | we occupied |
| ihr | belegtet | you (pl.) occupied |
| sie/Sie | belegten | they occupied |
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 belegt | I have occupied |
| du | hast belegt | you have occupied |
| er/sie/es | hat belegt | he/she/it has occupied |
| wir | haben belegt | we have occupied |
| ihr | habt belegt | you (pl.) have occupied |
| sie/Sie | haben belegt | they have occupied |
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 belegt | I had occupied |
| du | hattest belegt | you had occupied |
| er/sie/es | hatte belegt | he/she/it had occupied |
| wir | hatten belegt | we had occupied |
| ihr | hattet belegt | you (pl.) had occupied |
| sie/Sie | hatten belegt | they had occupied |
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 belegen | I will occupy |
| du | wirst belegen | you will occupy |
| er/sie/es | wird belegen | he/she/it will occupy |
| wir | werden belegen | we will occupy |
| ihr | werdet belegen | you (pl.) will occupy |
| sie/Sie | werden belegen | they will occupy |
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 belegt haben | I will have occupied |
| du | wirst belegt haben | you will have occupied |
| er/sie/es | wird belegt haben | he/she/it will have occupied |
| wir | werden belegt haben | we will have occupied |
| ihr | werdet belegt haben | you (pl.) will have occupied |
| sie/Sie | werden belegt haben | they will have occupied |
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 | belegte |
| du | belegtest |
| er/sie/es | belegte |
| wir | belegten |
| ihr | belegtet |
| sie/Sie | belegten |
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 | belege |
| ihr | belegt |