denunzieren — German conjugation
to denounce, to inform against
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 | denunziere | I denounce |
| du | denunzierst | you denounce |
| er/sie/es | denunziert | he/she/it denounces |
| wir | denunzieren | we denounce |
| ihr | denunziert | you (pl.) denounce |
| sie/Sie | denunzieren | they denounce |
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 | denunzierte | I denounced |
| du | denunziertest | you denounced |
| er/sie/es | denunzierte | he/she/it denounced |
| wir | denunzierten | we denounced |
| ihr | denunziertet | you (pl.) denounced |
| sie/Sie | denunzierten | they denounced |
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 denunziert | I have denounced |
| du | hast denunziert | you have denounced |
| er/sie/es | hat denunziert | he/she/it has denounced |
| wir | haben denunziert | we have denounced |
| ihr | habt denunziert | you (pl.) have denounced |
| sie/Sie | haben denunziert | they have denounced |
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 denunziert | I had denounced |
| du | hattest denunziert | you had denounced |
| er/sie/es | hatte denunziert | he/she/it had denounced |
| wir | hatten denunziert | we had denounced |
| ihr | hattet denunziert | you (pl.) had denounced |
| sie/Sie | hatten denunziert | they had denounced |
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 denunzieren | I will denounce |
| du | wirst denunzieren | you will denounce |
| er/sie/es | wird denunzieren | he/she/it will denounce |
| wir | werden denunzieren | we will denounce |
| ihr | werdet denunzieren | you (pl.) will denounce |
| sie/Sie | werden denunzieren | they will denounce |
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 denunziert haben | I will have denounced |
| du | wirst denunziert haben | you will have denounced |
| er/sie/es | wird denunziert haben | he/she/it will have denounced |
| wir | werden denunziert haben | we will have denounced |
| ihr | werdet denunziert haben | you (pl.) will have denounced |
| sie/Sie | werden denunziert haben | they will have denounced |
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 | denunzierte |
| du | denunziertest |
| er/sie/es | denunzierte |
| wir | denunzierten |
| ihr | denunziertet |
| sie/Sie | denunzierten |
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 | denunziere |
| ihr | denunziert |