biegen — German conjugation

to bend

Frequency#1322Irregular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichbiegeI bend
dubiegstyou bend
er/sie/esbiegthe/she/it bends
wirbiegenwe bend
ihrbiegtyou (pl.) bend
sie/Siebiegenthey bend

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichbogI bent
dubogstyou bent
er/sie/esboghe/she/it bent
wirbogenwe bent
ihrbogtyou (pl.) bent
sie/Siebogenthey bent

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe gebogenI have bent
duhast gebogenyou have bent
er/sie/eshat gebogenhe/she/it has bent
wirhaben gebogenwe have bent
ihrhabt gebogenyou (pl.) have bent
sie/Siehaben gebogenthey have bent

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte gebogenI had bent
duhattest gebogenyou had bent
er/sie/eshatte gebogenhe/she/it had bent
wirhatten gebogenwe had bent
ihrhattet gebogenyou (pl.) had bent
sie/Siehatten gebogenthey had bent

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde biegenI will bend
duwirst biegenyou will bend
er/sie/eswird biegenhe/she/it will bend
wirwerden biegenwe will bend
ihrwerdet biegenyou (pl.) will bend
sie/Siewerden biegenthey will bend

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.

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

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?

PronounGerman
ichböge
dubögest
er/sie/esböge
wirbögen
ihrböget
sie/Siebögen

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.

PronounGerman
dubiege
ihrbiegt