bescheren — German conjugation
to bestow
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 | beschere | I bestow |
| du | bescherst | you bestow |
| er/sie/es | beschert | he/she/it bestows |
| wir | bescheren | we bestow |
| ihr | beschert | you (pl.) bestow |
| sie/Sie | bescheren | they bestow |
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 | bescherte | I bestowed |
| du | beschertest | you bestowed |
| er/sie/es | bescherte | he/she/it bestowed |
| wir | bescherten | we bestowed |
| ihr | beschertet | you (pl.) bestowed |
| sie/Sie | bescherten | they bestowed |
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 beschert | I have bestowed |
| du | hast beschert | you have bestowed |
| er/sie/es | hat beschert | he/she/it has bestowed |
| wir | haben beschert | we have bestowed |
| ihr | habt beschert | you (pl.) have bestowed |
| sie/Sie | haben beschert | they have bestowed |
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 beschert | I had bestowed |
| du | hattest beschert | you had bestowed |
| er/sie/es | hatte beschert | he/she/it had bestowed |
| wir | hatten beschert | we had bestowed |
| ihr | hattet beschert | you (pl.) had bestowed |
| sie/Sie | hatten beschert | they had bestowed |
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 bescheren | I will bestow |
| du | wirst bescheren | you will bestow |
| er/sie/es | wird bescheren | he/she/it will bestow |
| wir | werden bescheren | we will bestow |
| ihr | werdet bescheren | you (pl.) will bestow |
| sie/Sie | werden bescheren | they will bestow |
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 beschert haben | I will have bestowed |
| du | wirst beschert haben | you will have bestowed |
| er/sie/es | wird beschert haben | he/she/it will have bestowed |
| wir | werden beschert haben | we will have bestowed |
| ihr | werdet beschert haben | you (pl.) will have bestowed |
| sie/Sie | werden beschert haben | they will have bestowed |
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 | bescherte |
| du | beschertest |
| er/sie/es | bescherte |
| wir | bescherten |
| ihr | beschertet |
| sie/Sie | bescherten |
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 | beschere |
| ihr | beschert |