benedeien — German conjugation
to bless
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | benedeie | I bless |
| du | benedeist | you bless |
| er/sie/es | benedeit | he/she/it blesses |
| wir | benedeien | we bless |
| ihr | benedeit | you (pl.) bless |
| sie/Sie | benedeien | they bless |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | benedeite | I blessed |
| du | benedeitest | you blessed |
| er/sie/es | benedeite | he/she/it blessed |
| wir | benedeiten | we blessed |
| ihr | benedeitet | you (pl.) blessed |
| sie/Sie | benedeiten | they blessed |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe gebenedeit | I have blessed |
| du | hast gebenedeit | you have blessed |
| er/sie/es | hat gebenedeit | he/she/it has blessed |
| wir | haben gebenedeit | we have blessed |
| ihr | habt gebenedeit | you (pl.) have blessed |
| sie/Sie | haben gebenedeit | they have blessed |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte gebenedeit | I had blessed |
| du | hattest gebenedeit | you had blessed |
| er/sie/es | hatte gebenedeit | he/she/it had blessed |
| wir | hatten gebenedeit | we had blessed |
| ihr | hattet gebenedeit | you (pl.) had blessed |
| sie/Sie | hatten gebenedeit | they had blessed |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde benedeien | I will bless |
| du | wirst benedeien | you will bless |
| er/sie/es | wird benedeien | he/she/it will bless |
| wir | werden benedeien | we will bless |
| ihr | werdet benedeien | you (pl.) will bless |
| sie/Sie | werden benedeien | they will bless |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde gebenedeit haben | I will have blessed |
| du | wirst gebenedeit haben | you will have blessed |
| er/sie/es | wird gebenedeit haben | he/she/it will have blessed |
| wir | werden gebenedeit haben | we will have blessed |
| ihr | werdet gebenedeit haben | you (pl.) will have blessed |
| sie/Sie | werden gebenedeit haben | they will have blessed |
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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | benedeite |
| du | benedeitest |
| er/sie/es | benedeite |
| wir | benedeiten |
| ihr | benedeitet |
| sie/Sie | benedeiten |
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.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | benedeie |
| ihr | benedeit |