deuten — German conjugation

to interpret

Frequency#2559Regular

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
ichdeuteI interpret
dudeutestyou interpret
er/sie/esdeutethe/she/it interprets
wirdeutenwe interpret
ihrdeutetyou (pl.) interpret
sie/Siedeutenthey interpret

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
ichdeuteteI interpreted
dudeutetestyou interpreted
er/sie/esdeutetehe/she/it interpreted
wirdeutetenwe interpreted
ihrdeutetetyou (pl.) interpreted
sie/Siedeutetenthey interpreted

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 gedeutetI have interpreted
duhast gedeutetyou have interpreted
er/sie/eshat gedeutethe/she/it has interpreted
wirhaben gedeutetwe have interpreted
ihrhabt gedeutetyou (pl.) have interpreted
sie/Siehaben gedeutetthey have interpreted

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 gedeutetI had interpreted
duhattest gedeutetyou had interpreted
er/sie/eshatte gedeutethe/she/it had interpreted
wirhatten gedeutetwe had interpreted
ihrhattet gedeutetyou (pl.) had interpreted
sie/Siehatten gedeutetthey had interpreted

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 deutenI will interpret
duwirst deutenyou will interpret
er/sie/eswird deutenhe/she/it will interpret
wirwerden deutenwe will interpret
ihrwerdet deutenyou (pl.) will interpret
sie/Siewerden deutenthey will interpret

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

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
ichdeutete
dudeutetest
er/sie/esdeutete
wirdeuteten
ihrdeutetet
sie/Siedeuteten

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
dudeute
ihrdeutet