binden — German conjugation
to bind
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 | binde | I bind |
| du | bindest | you bind |
| er/sie/es | bindet | he/she/it binds |
| wir | binden | we bind |
| ihr | bindet | you (pl.) bind |
| sie/Sie | binden | they bind |
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 | band | I bound |
| du | bandest | you bound |
| er/sie/es | band | he/she/it bound |
| wir | banden | we bound |
| ihr | bandet | you (pl.) bound |
| sie/Sie | banden | they bound |
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 gebunden | I have bound |
| du | hast gebunden | you have bound |
| er/sie/es | hat gebunden | he/she/it has bound |
| wir | haben gebunden | we have bound |
| ihr | habt gebunden | you (pl.) have bound |
| sie/Sie | haben gebunden | they have bound |
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 gebunden | I had bound |
| du | hattest gebunden | you had bound |
| er/sie/es | hatte gebunden | he/she/it had bound |
| wir | hatten gebunden | we had bound |
| ihr | hattet gebunden | you (pl.) had bound |
| sie/Sie | hatten gebunden | they had bound |
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 binden | I will bind |
| du | wirst binden | you will bind |
| er/sie/es | wird binden | he/she/it will bind |
| wir | werden binden | we will bind |
| ihr | werdet binden | you (pl.) will bind |
| sie/Sie | werden binden | they will bind |
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 gebunden haben | I will have bound |
| du | wirst gebunden haben | you will have bound |
| er/sie/es | wird gebunden haben | he/she/it will have bound |
| wir | werden gebunden haben | we will have bound |
| ihr | werdet gebunden haben | you (pl.) will have bound |
| sie/Sie | werden gebunden haben | they will have bound |
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 | bände |
| du | bändest |
| er/sie/es | bände |
| wir | bänden |
| ihr | bändet |
| sie/Sie | bänden |
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 | binde |
| ihr | bindet |