Conjunation

belügen — German conjugation

to lie to

Frequency#1925Irregular

Indicative

Present (Präsens) Irregular

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
ichbelügeI lie to
dubelügstyou lie to
er/sie/esbelügthe/she/it lies to
wirbelügenwe lie to
ihrbelügtyou (pl.) lie to
sie/Siebelügenthey lie to

Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular

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
ichbelogI lied to
dubelogstyou lied to
er/sie/esbeloghe/she/it lied to
wirbelogenwe lied to
ihrbelogtyou (pl.) lied to
sie/Siebelogenthey lied to

Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular

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 belogenI have lied to
duhast belogenyou have lied to
er/sie/eshat belogenhe/she/it has lied to
wirhaben belogenwe have lied to
ihrhabt belogenyou (pl.) have lied to
sie/Siehaben belogenthey have lied to

Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular

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 belogenI had lied to
duhattest belogenyou had lied to
er/sie/eshatte belogenhe/she/it had lied to
wirhatten belogenwe had lied to
ihrhattet belogenyou (pl.) had lied to
sie/Siehatten belogenthey had lied to

Future I (Futur I) Irregular

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 belügenI will lie to
duwirst belügenyou will lie to
er/sie/eswird belügenhe/she/it will lie to
wirwerden belügenwe will lie to
ihrwerdet belügenyou (pl.) will lie to
sie/Siewerden belügenthey will lie to

Future II (Futur II) Irregular

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

Subjunctive

Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular

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
ichbelöge
dubelögest
er/sie/esbelöge
wirbelögen
ihrbelöget
sie/Siebelögen

Other forms

Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular

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
dubelüge
ihrbelügt

Verbs near belügen

beherzigen · behüten · beiwohnen · bejahen · belabern · beseelen · beängstigen · blaumachen · blecken · borgen