bemerken — German conjugation
to notice, to perceive
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 | bemerke | I notice |
| du | bemerkst | you notice |
| er/sie/es | bemerkt | he/she/it notices |
| wir | bemerken | we notice |
| ihr | bemerkt | you (pl.) notice |
| sie/Sie | bemerken | they notice |
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 | bemerkte | I noticed |
| du | bemerktest | you noticed |
| er/sie/es | bemerkte | he/she/it noticed |
| wir | bemerkten | we noticed |
| ihr | bemerktet | you (pl.) noticed |
| sie/Sie | bemerkten | they noticed |
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 bemerkt | I have noticed |
| du | hast bemerkt | you have noticed |
| er/sie/es | hat bemerkt | he/she/it has noticed |
| wir | haben bemerkt | we have noticed |
| ihr | habt bemerkt | you (pl.) have noticed |
| sie/Sie | haben bemerkt | they have noticed |
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 bemerkt | I had noticed |
| du | hattest bemerkt | you had noticed |
| er/sie/es | hatte bemerkt | he/she/it had noticed |
| wir | hatten bemerkt | we had noticed |
| ihr | hattet bemerkt | you (pl.) had noticed |
| sie/Sie | hatten bemerkt | they had noticed |
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 bemerken | I will notice |
| du | wirst bemerken | you will notice |
| er/sie/es | wird bemerken | he/she/it will notice |
| wir | werden bemerken | we will notice |
| ihr | werdet bemerken | you (pl.) will notice |
| sie/Sie | werden bemerken | they will notice |
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 bemerkt haben | I will have noticed |
| du | wirst bemerkt haben | you will have noticed |
| er/sie/es | wird bemerkt haben | he/she/it will have noticed |
| wir | werden bemerkt haben | we will have noticed |
| ihr | werdet bemerkt haben | you (pl.) will have noticed |
| sie/Sie | werden bemerkt haben | they will have noticed |
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 | bemerkte |
| du | bemerktest |
| er/sie/es | bemerkte |
| wir | bemerkten |
| ihr | bemerktet |
| sie/Sie | bemerkten |
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 | bemerke |
| ihr | bemerkt |