beschweren — German conjugation
to complain
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 | beschwere | I complain |
| du | beschwerst | you complain |
| er/sie/es | beschwert | he/she/it complains |
| wir | beschweren | we complain |
| ihr | beschwert | you (pl.) complain |
| sie/Sie | beschweren | they complain |
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 | beschwerte | I complained |
| du | beschwertest | you complained |
| er/sie/es | beschwerte | he/she/it complained |
| wir | beschwerten | we complained |
| ihr | beschwertet | you (pl.) complained |
| sie/Sie | beschwerten | they complained |
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 beschwert | I have complained |
| du | hast beschwert | you have complained |
| er/sie/es | hat beschwert | he/she/it has complained |
| wir | haben beschwert | we have complained |
| ihr | habt beschwert | you (pl.) have complained |
| sie/Sie | haben beschwert | they have complained |
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 beschwert | I had complained |
| du | hattest beschwert | you had complained |
| er/sie/es | hatte beschwert | he/she/it had complained |
| wir | hatten beschwert | we had complained |
| ihr | hattet beschwert | you (pl.) had complained |
| sie/Sie | hatten beschwert | they had complained |
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 beschweren | I will complain |
| du | wirst beschweren | you will complain |
| er/sie/es | wird beschweren | he/she/it will complain |
| wir | werden beschweren | we will complain |
| ihr | werdet beschweren | you (pl.) will complain |
| sie/Sie | werden beschweren | they will complain |
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 beschwert haben | I will have complained |
| du | wirst beschwert haben | you will have complained |
| er/sie/es | wird beschwert haben | he/she/it will have complained |
| wir | werden beschwert haben | we will have complained |
| ihr | werdet beschwert haben | you (pl.) will have complained |
| sie/Sie | werden beschwert haben | they will have complained |
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 | beschwerte |
| du | beschwertest |
| er/sie/es | beschwerte |
| wir | beschwerten |
| ihr | beschwertet |
| sie/Sie | beschwerten |
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 | beschwere |
| ihr | beschwert |