diffamieren — German conjugation
to defame
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 | diffamiere | I defame |
| du | diffamierst | you defame |
| er/sie/es | diffamiert | he/she/it defames |
| wir | diffamieren | we defame |
| ihr | diffamiert | you (pl.) defame |
| sie/Sie | diffamieren | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | diffamierte | I defamed |
| du | diffamiertest | you defamed |
| er/sie/es | diffamierte | he/she/it defamed |
| wir | diffamierten | we defamed |
| ihr | diffamiertet | you (pl.) defamed |
| sie/Sie | diffamierten | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe diffamiert | I have defamed |
| du | hast diffamiert | you have defamed |
| er/sie/es | hat diffamiert | he/she/it has defamed |
| wir | haben diffamiert | we have defamed |
| ihr | habt diffamiert | you (pl.) have defamed |
| sie/Sie | haben diffamiert | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte diffamiert | I had defamed |
| du | hattest diffamiert | you had defamed |
| er/sie/es | hatte diffamiert | he/she/it had defamed |
| wir | hatten diffamiert | we had defamed |
| ihr | hattet diffamiert | you (pl.) had defamed |
| sie/Sie | hatten diffamiert | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde diffamieren | I will defame |
| du | wirst diffamieren | you will defame |
| er/sie/es | wird diffamieren | he/she/it will defame |
| wir | werden diffamieren | we will defame |
| ihr | werdet diffamieren | you (pl.) will defame |
| sie/Sie | werden diffamieren | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde diffamiert haben | I will have defamed |
| du | wirst diffamiert haben | you will have defamed |
| er/sie/es | wird diffamiert haben | he/she/it will have defamed |
| wir | werden diffamiert haben | we will have defamed |
| ihr | werdet diffamiert haben | you (pl.) will have defamed |
| sie/Sie | werden diffamiert haben | they 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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | diffamierte |
| du | diffamiertest |
| er/sie/es | diffamierte |
| wir | diffamierten |
| ihr | diffamiertet |
| sie/Sie | diffamierten |
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 | diffamiere |
| ihr | diffamiert |