dulden — German conjugation
to tolerate
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 | dulde | I tolerate |
| du | duldest | you tolerate |
| er/sie/es | duldet | he/she/it tolerates |
| wir | dulden | we tolerate |
| ihr | duldet | you (pl.) tolerate |
| sie/Sie | dulden | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | duldete | I tolerated |
| du | duldetest | you tolerated |
| er/sie/es | duldete | he/she/it tolerated |
| wir | duldeten | we tolerated |
| ihr | duldetet | you (pl.) tolerated |
| sie/Sie | duldeten | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe geduldet | I have tolerated |
| du | hast geduldet | you have tolerated |
| er/sie/es | hat geduldet | he/she/it has tolerated |
| wir | haben geduldet | we have tolerated |
| ihr | habt geduldet | you (pl.) have tolerated |
| sie/Sie | haben geduldet | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte geduldet | I had tolerated |
| du | hattest geduldet | you had tolerated |
| er/sie/es | hatte geduldet | he/she/it had tolerated |
| wir | hatten geduldet | we had tolerated |
| ihr | hattet geduldet | you (pl.) had tolerated |
| sie/Sie | hatten geduldet | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde dulden | I will tolerate |
| du | wirst dulden | you will tolerate |
| er/sie/es | wird dulden | he/she/it will tolerate |
| wir | werden dulden | we will tolerate |
| ihr | werdet dulden | you (pl.) will tolerate |
| sie/Sie | werden dulden | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde geduldet haben | I will have tolerated |
| du | wirst geduldet haben | you will have tolerated |
| er/sie/es | wird geduldet haben | he/she/it will have tolerated |
| wir | werden geduldet haben | we will have tolerated |
| ihr | werdet geduldet haben | you (pl.) will have tolerated |
| sie/Sie | werden geduldet haben | they 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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | duldete |
| du | duldetest |
| er/sie/es | duldete |
| wir | duldeten |
| ihr | duldetet |
| sie/Sie | duldeten |
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 | dulde |
| ihr | duldet |