entfernen — German conjugation

to remove

Frequency#180Regular

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
ichentferneI remove
duentfernstyou remove
er/sie/esentfernthe/she/it removes
wirentfernenwe remove
ihrentferntyou (pl.) remove
sie/Sieentfernenthey remove

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
ichentfernteI removed
duentferntestyou removed
er/sie/esentferntehe/she/it removed
wirentferntenwe removed
ihrentferntetyou (pl.) removed
sie/Sieentferntenthey removed

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 entferntI have removed
duhast entferntyou have removed
er/sie/eshat entfernthe/she/it has removed
wirhaben entferntwe have removed
ihrhabt entferntyou (pl.) have removed
sie/Siehaben entferntthey have removed

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 entferntI had removed
duhattest entferntyou had removed
er/sie/eshatte entfernthe/she/it had removed
wirhatten entferntwe had removed
ihrhattet entferntyou (pl.) had removed
sie/Siehatten entferntthey had removed

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 entfernenI will remove
duwirst entfernenyou will remove
er/sie/eswird entfernenhe/she/it will remove
wirwerden entfernenwe will remove
ihrwerdet entfernenyou (pl.) will remove
sie/Siewerden entfernenthey will remove

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

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
ichentfernte
duentferntest
er/sie/esentfernte
wirentfernten
ihrentferntet
sie/Sieentfernten

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
duentferne
ihrentfernt