bewerben — German conjugation
to apply
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 | bewerbe | I apply |
| du | bewirbst | you apply |
| er/sie/es | bewirbt | he/she/it applies |
| wir | bewerben | we apply |
| ihr | bewerbt | you (pl.) apply |
| sie/Sie | bewerben | they apply |
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 | bewarb | I applied |
| du | bewarbst | you applied |
| er/sie/es | bewarb | he/she/it applied |
| wir | bewarben | we applied |
| ihr | bewarbt | you (pl.) applied |
| sie/Sie | bewarben | they applied |
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 beworben | I have applied |
| du | hast beworben | you have applied |
| er/sie/es | hat beworben | he/she/it has applied |
| wir | haben beworben | we have applied |
| ihr | habt beworben | you (pl.) have applied |
| sie/Sie | haben beworben | they have applied |
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 beworben | I had applied |
| du | hattest beworben | you had applied |
| er/sie/es | hatte beworben | he/she/it had applied |
| wir | hatten beworben | we had applied |
| ihr | hattet beworben | you (pl.) had applied |
| sie/Sie | hatten beworben | they had applied |
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 bewerben | I will apply |
| du | wirst bewerben | you will apply |
| er/sie/es | wird bewerben | he/she/it will apply |
| wir | werden bewerben | we will apply |
| ihr | werdet bewerben | you (pl.) will apply |
| sie/Sie | werden bewerben | they will apply |
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 beworben haben | I will have applied |
| du | wirst beworben haben | you will have applied |
| er/sie/es | wird beworben haben | he/she/it will have applied |
| wir | werden beworben haben | we will have applied |
| ihr | werdet beworben haben | you (pl.) will have applied |
| sie/Sie | werden beworben haben | they will have applied |
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 | bewürbe |
| du | bewürbest |
| er/sie/es | bewürbe |
| wir | bewürben |
| ihr | bewürbet |
| sie/Sie | bewürben |
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 | bewirb |
| ihr | bewerbt |