einengen — German conjugation

to restrict

Frequency#526Regular

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
ichenge einI restrict
duengst einyou restrict
er/sie/esengt einhe/she/it restricts
wirengen einwe restrict
ihrengt einyou (pl.) restrict
sie/Sieengen einthey restrict

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
ichengte einI restricted
duengtest einyou restricted
er/sie/esengte einhe/she/it restricted
wirengten einwe restricted
ihrengtet einyou (pl.) restricted
sie/Sieengten einthey restricted

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 eingeengtI have restricted
duhast eingeengtyou have restricted
er/sie/eshat eingeengthe/she/it has restricted
wirhaben eingeengtwe have restricted
ihrhabt eingeengtyou (pl.) have restricted
sie/Siehaben eingeengtthey have restricted

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 eingeengtI had restricted
duhattest eingeengtyou had restricted
er/sie/eshatte eingeengthe/she/it had restricted
wirhatten eingeengtwe had restricted
ihrhattet eingeengtyou (pl.) had restricted
sie/Siehatten eingeengtthey had restricted

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 einengenI will restrict
duwirst einengenyou will restrict
er/sie/eswird einengenhe/she/it will restrict
wirwerden einengenwe will restrict
ihrwerdet einengenyou (pl.) will restrict
sie/Siewerden einengenthey will restrict

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

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
ichengte ein
duengtest ein
er/sie/esengte ein
wirengten ein
ihrengtet ein
sie/Sieengten ein

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
duenge ein
ihrengt ein