belohnen — German conjugation
to reward
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 | belohne | I reward |
| du | belohnst | you reward |
| er/sie/es | belohnt | he/she/it rewards |
| wir | belohnen | we reward |
| ihr | belohnt | you (pl.) reward |
| sie/Sie | belohnen | they reward |
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 | belohnte | I rewarded |
| du | belohntest | you rewarded |
| er/sie/es | belohnte | he/she/it rewarded |
| wir | belohnten | we rewarded |
| ihr | belohntet | you (pl.) rewarded |
| sie/Sie | belohnten | they rewarded |
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 belohnt | I have rewarded |
| du | hast belohnt | you have rewarded |
| er/sie/es | hat belohnt | he/she/it has rewarded |
| wir | haben belohnt | we have rewarded |
| ihr | habt belohnt | you (pl.) have rewarded |
| sie/Sie | haben belohnt | they have rewarded |
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 belohnt | I had rewarded |
| du | hattest belohnt | you had rewarded |
| er/sie/es | hatte belohnt | he/she/it had rewarded |
| wir | hatten belohnt | we had rewarded |
| ihr | hattet belohnt | you (pl.) had rewarded |
| sie/Sie | hatten belohnt | they had rewarded |
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 belohnen | I will reward |
| du | wirst belohnen | you will reward |
| er/sie/es | wird belohnen | he/she/it will reward |
| wir | werden belohnen | we will reward |
| ihr | werdet belohnen | you (pl.) will reward |
| sie/Sie | werden belohnen | they will reward |
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 belohnt haben | I will have rewarded |
| du | wirst belohnt haben | you will have rewarded |
| er/sie/es | wird belohnt haben | he/she/it will have rewarded |
| wir | werden belohnt haben | we will have rewarded |
| ihr | werdet belohnt haben | you (pl.) will have rewarded |
| sie/Sie | werden belohnt haben | they will have rewarded |
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 | belohnte |
| du | belohntest |
| er/sie/es | belohnte |
| wir | belohnten |
| ihr | belohntet |
| sie/Sie | belohnten |
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 | belohne |
| ihr | belohnt |