destillieren — German conjugation

to distill

Frequency#1113Regular

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
ichdestilliereI distill
dudestillierstyou distill
er/sie/esdestillierthe/she/it distills
wirdestillierenwe distill
ihrdestilliertyou (pl.) distill
sie/Siedestillierenthey distill

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
ichdestillierteI distilled
dudestilliertestyou distilled
er/sie/esdestilliertehe/she/it distilled
wirdestilliertenwe distilled
ihrdestilliertetyou (pl.) distilled
sie/Siedestilliertenthey distilled

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 destilliertI have distilled
duhast destilliertyou have distilled
er/sie/eshat destillierthe/she/it has distilled
wirhaben destilliertwe have distilled
ihrhabt destilliertyou (pl.) have distilled
sie/Siehaben destilliertthey have distilled

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 destilliertI had distilled
duhattest destilliertyou had distilled
er/sie/eshatte destillierthe/she/it had distilled
wirhatten destilliertwe had distilled
ihrhattet destilliertyou (pl.) had distilled
sie/Siehatten destilliertthey had distilled

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 destillierenI will distill
duwirst destillierenyou will distill
er/sie/eswird destillierenhe/she/it will distill
wirwerden destillierenwe will distill
ihrwerdet destillierenyou (pl.) will distill
sie/Siewerden destillierenthey will distill

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

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
ichdestillierte
dudestilliertest
er/sie/esdestillierte
wirdestillierten
ihrdestilliertet
sie/Siedestillierten

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
dudestilliere
ihrdestilliert