dulden — German conjugation

to tolerate

Frequency#1491Regular

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
ichduldeI tolerate
duduldestyou tolerate
er/sie/esduldethe/she/it tolerates
wirduldenwe tolerate
ihrduldetyou (pl.) tolerate
sie/Sieduldenthey tolerate

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
ichduldeteI tolerated
duduldetestyou tolerated
er/sie/esduldetehe/she/it tolerated
wirduldetenwe tolerated
ihrduldetetyou (pl.) tolerated
sie/Sieduldetenthey tolerated

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 geduldetI have tolerated
duhast geduldetyou have tolerated
er/sie/eshat geduldethe/she/it has tolerated
wirhaben geduldetwe have tolerated
ihrhabt geduldetyou (pl.) have tolerated
sie/Siehaben geduldetthey have tolerated

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 geduldetI had tolerated
duhattest geduldetyou had tolerated
er/sie/eshatte geduldethe/she/it had tolerated
wirhatten geduldetwe had tolerated
ihrhattet geduldetyou (pl.) had tolerated
sie/Siehatten geduldetthey had tolerated

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 duldenI will tolerate
duwirst duldenyou will tolerate
er/sie/eswird duldenhe/she/it will tolerate
wirwerden duldenwe will tolerate
ihrwerdet duldenyou (pl.) will tolerate
sie/Siewerden duldenthey will tolerate

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

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
ichduldete
duduldetest
er/sie/esduldete
wirduldeten
ihrduldetet
sie/Sieduldeten

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
dudulde
ihrduldet