beschälen — German conjugation

to cover, to serve (a mare) (horse breeding)

Frequency#2305Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichbeschäleI cover
dubeschälstyou cover
er/sie/esbeschälthe/she/it covers
wirbeschälenwe cover
ihrbeschältyou (pl.) cover
sie/Siebeschälenthey cover

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichbeschälteI covered
dubeschältestyou covered
er/sie/esbeschältehe/she/it covered
wirbeschältenwe covered
ihrbeschältetyou (pl.) covered
sie/Siebeschältenthey covered

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe beschältI have covered
duhast beschältyou have covered
er/sie/eshat beschälthe/she/it has covered
wirhaben beschältwe have covered
ihrhabt beschältyou (pl.) have covered
sie/Siehaben beschältthey have covered

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte beschältI had covered
duhattest beschältyou had covered
er/sie/eshatte beschälthe/she/it had covered
wirhatten beschältwe had covered
ihrhattet beschältyou (pl.) had covered
sie/Siehatten beschältthey had covered

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde beschälenI will cover
duwirst beschälenyou will cover
er/sie/eswird beschälenhe/she/it will cover
wirwerden beschälenwe will cover
ihrwerdet beschälenyou (pl.) will cover
sie/Siewerden beschälenthey will cover

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde beschält habenI will have covered
duwirst beschält habenyou will have covered
er/sie/eswird beschält habenhe/she/it will have covered
wirwerden beschält habenwe will have covered
ihrwerdet beschält habenyou (pl.) will have covered
sie/Siewerden beschält habenthey will have covered

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?

PronounGerman
ichbeschälte
dubeschältest
er/sie/esbeschälte
wirbeschälten
ihrbeschältet
sie/Siebeschälten

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.

PronounGerman
dubeschäle
ihrbeschält