dursten — German conjugation
to be thirsty
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 | durste | I am thirsty |
| du | durstest | you are thirsty |
| er/sie/es | durstet | he/she/it is thirsty |
| wir | dursten | we are thirsty |
| ihr | durstet | you (pl.) are thirsty |
| sie/Sie | dursten | they are thirsty |
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 | durstete | I was thirsty |
| du | durstetest | you were thirsty |
| er/sie/es | durstete | he/she/it was thirsty |
| wir | dursteten | we were thirsty |
| ihr | durstetet | you (pl.) were thirsty |
| sie/Sie | dursteten | they were thirsty |
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 gedurstet | I have been thirsty |
| du | hast gedurstet | you have been thirsty |
| er/sie/es | hat gedurstet | he/she/it has been thirsty |
| wir | haben gedurstet | we have been thirsty |
| ihr | habt gedurstet | you (pl.) have been thirsty |
| sie/Sie | haben gedurstet | they have been thirsty |
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 gedurstet | I had been thirsty |
| du | hattest gedurstet | you had been thirsty |
| er/sie/es | hatte gedurstet | he/she/it had been thirsty |
| wir | hatten gedurstet | we had been thirsty |
| ihr | hattet gedurstet | you (pl.) had been thirsty |
| sie/Sie | hatten gedurstet | they had been thirsty |
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 dursten | I will be thirsty |
| du | wirst dursten | you will be thirsty |
| er/sie/es | wird dursten | he/she/it will be thirsty |
| wir | werden dursten | we will be thirsty |
| ihr | werdet dursten | you (pl.) will be thirsty |
| sie/Sie | werden dursten | they will be thirsty |
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 gedurstet haben | I will have been thirsty |
| du | wirst gedurstet haben | you will have been thirsty |
| er/sie/es | wird gedurstet haben | he/she/it will have been thirsty |
| wir | werden gedurstet haben | we will have been thirsty |
| ihr | werdet gedurstet haben | you (pl.) will have been thirsty |
| sie/Sie | werden gedurstet haben | they will have been thirsty |
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 | durstete |
| du | durstetest |
| er/sie/es | durstete |
| wir | dursteten |
| ihr | durstetet |
| sie/Sie | dursteten |
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 | durste |
| ihr | durstet |