entführen — German conjugation
to abduct, to kidnap
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 | entführe | I abduct |
| du | entführst | you abduct |
| er/sie/es | entführt | he/she/it abducts |
| wir | entführen | we abduct |
| ihr | entführt | you (pl.) abduct |
| sie/Sie | entführen | they abduct |
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 | entführte | I abducted |
| du | entführtest | you abducted |
| er/sie/es | entführte | he/she/it abducted |
| wir | entführten | we abducted |
| ihr | entführtet | you (pl.) abducted |
| sie/Sie | entführten | they abducted |
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 entführt | I have abducted |
| du | hast entführt | you have abducted |
| er/sie/es | hat entführt | he/she/it has abducted |
| wir | haben entführt | we have abducted |
| ihr | habt entführt | you (pl.) have abducted |
| sie/Sie | haben entführt | they have abducted |
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 entführt | I had abducted |
| du | hattest entführt | you had abducted |
| er/sie/es | hatte entführt | he/she/it had abducted |
| wir | hatten entführt | we had abducted |
| ihr | hattet entführt | you (pl.) had abducted |
| sie/Sie | hatten entführt | they had abducted |
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 entführen | I will abduct |
| du | wirst entführen | you will abduct |
| er/sie/es | wird entführen | he/she/it will abduct |
| wir | werden entführen | we will abduct |
| ihr | werdet entführen | you (pl.) will abduct |
| sie/Sie | werden entführen | they will abduct |
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 entführt haben | I will have abducted |
| du | wirst entführt haben | you will have abducted |
| er/sie/es | wird entführt haben | he/she/it will have abducted |
| wir | werden entführt haben | we will have abducted |
| ihr | werdet entführt haben | you (pl.) will have abducted |
| sie/Sie | werden entführt haben | they will have abducted |
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 | entführte |
| du | entführtest |
| er/sie/es | entführte |
| wir | entführten |
| ihr | entführtet |
| sie/Sie | entführten |
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 | entführe |
| ihr | entführt |