darstellen — German conjugation
to represent
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 | stelle dar | I represent |
| du | stellst dar | you represent |
| er/sie/es | stellt dar | he/she/it represents |
| wir | stellen dar | we represent |
| ihr | stellt dar | you (pl.) represent |
| sie/Sie | stellen dar | they represent |
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 | stellte dar | I represented |
| du | stelltest dar | you represented |
| er/sie/es | stellte dar | he/she/it represented |
| wir | stellten dar | we represented |
| ihr | stelltet dar | you (pl.) represented |
| sie/Sie | stellten dar | they represented |
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 dargestellt | I have represented |
| du | hast dargestellt | you have represented |
| er/sie/es | hat dargestellt | he/she/it has represented |
| wir | haben dargestellt | we have represented |
| ihr | habt dargestellt | you (pl.) have represented |
| sie/Sie | haben dargestellt | they have represented |
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 dargestellt | I had represented |
| du | hattest dargestellt | you had represented |
| er/sie/es | hatte dargestellt | he/she/it had represented |
| wir | hatten dargestellt | we had represented |
| ihr | hattet dargestellt | you (pl.) had represented |
| sie/Sie | hatten dargestellt | they had represented |
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 darstellen | I will represent |
| du | wirst darstellen | you will represent |
| er/sie/es | wird darstellen | he/she/it will represent |
| wir | werden darstellen | we will represent |
| ihr | werdet darstellen | you (pl.) will represent |
| sie/Sie | werden darstellen | they will represent |
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 dargestellt haben | I will have represented |
| du | wirst dargestellt haben | you will have represented |
| er/sie/es | wird dargestellt haben | he/she/it will have represented |
| wir | werden dargestellt haben | we will have represented |
| ihr | werdet dargestellt haben | you (pl.) will have represented |
| sie/Sie | werden dargestellt haben | they will have represented |
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 | stellte dar |
| du | stelltest dar |
| er/sie/es | stellte dar |
| wir | stellten dar |
| ihr | stelltet dar |
| sie/Sie | stellten dar |
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 | stelle dar |
| ihr | stellt dar |