demonstrieren — German conjugation
to demonstrate
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 | demonstriere | I demonstrate |
| du | demonstrierst | you demonstrate |
| er/sie/es | demonstriert | he/she/it demonstrates |
| wir | demonstrieren | we demonstrate |
| ihr | demonstriert | you (pl.) demonstrate |
| sie/Sie | demonstrieren | they demonstrate |
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 | demonstrierte | I demonstrated |
| du | demonstriertest | you demonstrated |
| er/sie/es | demonstrierte | he/she/it demonstrated |
| wir | demonstrierten | we demonstrated |
| ihr | demonstriertet | you (pl.) demonstrated |
| sie/Sie | demonstrierten | they demonstrated |
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 demonstriert | I have demonstrated |
| du | hast demonstriert | you have demonstrated |
| er/sie/es | hat demonstriert | he/she/it has demonstrated |
| wir | haben demonstriert | we have demonstrated |
| ihr | habt demonstriert | you (pl.) have demonstrated |
| sie/Sie | haben demonstriert | they have demonstrated |
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 demonstriert | I had demonstrated |
| du | hattest demonstriert | you had demonstrated |
| er/sie/es | hatte demonstriert | he/she/it had demonstrated |
| wir | hatten demonstriert | we had demonstrated |
| ihr | hattet demonstriert | you (pl.) had demonstrated |
| sie/Sie | hatten demonstriert | they had demonstrated |
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 demonstrieren | I will demonstrate |
| du | wirst demonstrieren | you will demonstrate |
| er/sie/es | wird demonstrieren | he/she/it will demonstrate |
| wir | werden demonstrieren | we will demonstrate |
| ihr | werdet demonstrieren | you (pl.) will demonstrate |
| sie/Sie | werden demonstrieren | they will demonstrate |
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 demonstriert haben | I will have demonstrated |
| du | wirst demonstriert haben | you will have demonstrated |
| er/sie/es | wird demonstriert haben | he/she/it will have demonstrated |
| wir | werden demonstriert haben | we will have demonstrated |
| ihr | werdet demonstriert haben | you (pl.) will have demonstrated |
| sie/Sie | werden demonstriert haben | they will have demonstrated |
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 | demonstrierte |
| du | demonstriertest |
| er/sie/es | demonstrierte |
| wir | demonstrierten |
| ihr | demonstriertet |
| sie/Sie | demonstrierten |
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 | demonstriere |
| ihr | demonstriert |