diffamieren — German conjugation

to defame

Frequency#1616Regular

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
ichdiffamiereI defame
dudiffamierstyou defame
er/sie/esdiffamierthe/she/it defames
wirdiffamierenwe defame
ihrdiffamiertyou (pl.) defame
sie/Siediffamierenthey defame

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
ichdiffamierteI defamed
dudiffamiertestyou defamed
er/sie/esdiffamiertehe/she/it defamed
wirdiffamiertenwe defamed
ihrdiffamiertetyou (pl.) defamed
sie/Siediffamiertenthey defamed

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 diffamiertI have defamed
duhast diffamiertyou have defamed
er/sie/eshat diffamierthe/she/it has defamed
wirhaben diffamiertwe have defamed
ihrhabt diffamiertyou (pl.) have defamed
sie/Siehaben diffamiertthey have defamed

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 diffamiertI had defamed
duhattest diffamiertyou had defamed
er/sie/eshatte diffamierthe/she/it had defamed
wirhatten diffamiertwe had defamed
ihrhattet diffamiertyou (pl.) had defamed
sie/Siehatten diffamiertthey had defamed

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 diffamierenI will defame
duwirst diffamierenyou will defame
er/sie/eswird diffamierenhe/she/it will defame
wirwerden diffamierenwe will defame
ihrwerdet diffamierenyou (pl.) will defame
sie/Siewerden diffamierenthey will defame

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

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
ichdiffamierte
dudiffamiertest
er/sie/esdiffamierte
wirdiffamierten
ihrdiffamiertet
sie/Siediffamierten

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
dudiffamiere
ihrdiffamiert