demonstrieren — German conjugation

to demonstrate

Frequency#701Regular

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
ichdemonstriereI demonstrate
dudemonstrierstyou demonstrate
er/sie/esdemonstrierthe/she/it demonstrates
wirdemonstrierenwe demonstrate
ihrdemonstriertyou (pl.) demonstrate
sie/Siedemonstrierenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichdemonstrierteI demonstrated
dudemonstriertestyou demonstrated
er/sie/esdemonstriertehe/she/it demonstrated
wirdemonstriertenwe demonstrated
ihrdemonstriertetyou (pl.) demonstrated
sie/Siedemonstriertenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe demonstriertI have demonstrated
duhast demonstriertyou have demonstrated
er/sie/eshat demonstrierthe/she/it has demonstrated
wirhaben demonstriertwe have demonstrated
ihrhabt demonstriertyou (pl.) have demonstrated
sie/Siehaben demonstriertthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte demonstriertI had demonstrated
duhattest demonstriertyou had demonstrated
er/sie/eshatte demonstrierthe/she/it had demonstrated
wirhatten demonstriertwe had demonstrated
ihrhattet demonstriertyou (pl.) had demonstrated
sie/Siehatten demonstriertthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde demonstrierenI will demonstrate
duwirst demonstrierenyou will demonstrate
er/sie/eswird demonstrierenhe/she/it will demonstrate
wirwerden demonstrierenwe will demonstrate
ihrwerdet demonstrierenyou (pl.) will demonstrate
sie/Siewerden demonstrierenthey 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.

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

PronounGerman
ichdemonstrierte
dudemonstriertest
er/sie/esdemonstrierte
wirdemonstrierten
ihrdemonstriertet
sie/Siedemonstrierten

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
dudemonstriere
ihrdemonstriert