bluten — German conjugation

to bleed

Frequency#916Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichbluteI bleed
dublutestyou bleed
er/sie/esblutethe/she/it bleeds
wirblutenwe bleed
ihrblutetyou (pl.) bleed
sie/Sieblutenthey bleed

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichbluteteI bled
dublutetestyou bled
er/sie/esblutetehe/she/it bled
wirblutetenwe bled
ihrblutetetyou (pl.) bled
sie/Sieblutetenthey bled

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe geblutetI have bled
duhast geblutetyou have bled
er/sie/eshat geblutethe/she/it has bled
wirhaben geblutetwe have bled
ihrhabt geblutetyou (pl.) have bled
sie/Siehaben geblutetthey have bled

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte geblutetI had bled
duhattest geblutetyou had bled
er/sie/eshatte geblutethe/she/it had bled
wirhatten geblutetwe had bled
ihrhattet geblutetyou (pl.) had bled
sie/Siehatten geblutetthey had bled

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde blutenI will bleed
duwirst blutenyou will bleed
er/sie/eswird blutenhe/she/it will bleed
wirwerden blutenwe will bleed
ihrwerdet blutenyou (pl.) will bleed
sie/Siewerden blutenthey will bleed

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.

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

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?

PronounGerman
ichblutete
dublutetest
er/sie/esblutete
wirbluteten
ihrblutetet
sie/Siebluteten

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.

PronounGerman
dublute
ihrblutet