dauern — German conjugation

to last

Frequency#2499Regular

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
ichdauereI last
dudauerstyou last
er/sie/esdauerthe/she/it lasts
wirdauernwe last
ihrdauertyou (pl.) last
sie/Siedauernthey last

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
ichdauerteI lasted
dudauertestyou lasted
er/sie/esdauertehe/she/it lasted
wirdauertenwe lasted
ihrdauertetyou (pl.) lasted
sie/Siedauertenthey lasted

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 gedauertI have lasted
duhast gedauertyou have lasted
er/sie/eshat gedauerthe/she/it has lasted
wirhaben gedauertwe have lasted
ihrhabt gedauertyou (pl.) have lasted
sie/Siehaben gedauertthey have lasted

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 gedauertI had lasted
duhattest gedauertyou had lasted
er/sie/eshatte gedauerthe/she/it had lasted
wirhatten gedauertwe had lasted
ihrhattet gedauertyou (pl.) had lasted
sie/Siehatten gedauertthey had lasted

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 dauernI will last
duwirst dauernyou will last
er/sie/eswird dauernhe/she/it will last
wirwerden dauernwe will last
ihrwerdet dauernyou (pl.) will last
sie/Siewerden dauernthey will last

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 gedauert habenI will have lasted
duwirst gedauert habenyou will have lasted
er/sie/eswird gedauert habenhe/she/it will have lasted
wirwerden gedauert habenwe will have lasted
ihrwerdet gedauert habenyou (pl.) will have lasted
sie/Siewerden gedauert habenthey will have lasted

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
ichdauerte
dudauertest
er/sie/esdauerte
wirdauerten
ihrdauertet
sie/Siedauerten

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
dudauere
ihrdauert