entgiften — German conjugation
to detoxify
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 | entgifte | I detoxify |
| du | entgiftest | you detoxify |
| er/sie/es | entgiftet | he/she/it detoxifies |
| wir | entgiften | we detoxify |
| ihr | entgiftet | you (pl.) detoxify |
| sie/Sie | entgiften | they detoxify |
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 | entgiftete | I detoxified |
| du | entgiftetest | you detoxified |
| er/sie/es | entgiftete | he/she/it detoxified |
| wir | entgifteten | we detoxified |
| ihr | entgiftetet | you (pl.) detoxified |
| sie/Sie | entgifteten | they detoxified |
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 entgiftet | I have detoxified |
| du | hast entgiftet | you have detoxified |
| er/sie/es | hat entgiftet | he/she/it has detoxified |
| wir | haben entgiftet | we have detoxified |
| ihr | habt entgiftet | you (pl.) have detoxified |
| sie/Sie | haben entgiftet | they have detoxified |
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 entgiftet | I had detoxified |
| du | hattest entgiftet | you had detoxified |
| er/sie/es | hatte entgiftet | he/she/it had detoxified |
| wir | hatten entgiftet | we had detoxified |
| ihr | hattet entgiftet | you (pl.) had detoxified |
| sie/Sie | hatten entgiftet | they had detoxified |
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 entgiften | I will detoxify |
| du | wirst entgiften | you will detoxify |
| er/sie/es | wird entgiften | he/she/it will detoxify |
| wir | werden entgiften | we will detoxify |
| ihr | werdet entgiften | you (pl.) will detoxify |
| sie/Sie | werden entgiften | they will detoxify |
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 entgiftet haben | I will have detoxified |
| du | wirst entgiftet haben | you will have detoxified |
| er/sie/es | wird entgiftet haben | he/she/it will have detoxified |
| wir | werden entgiftet haben | we will have detoxified |
| ihr | werdet entgiftet haben | you (pl.) will have detoxified |
| sie/Sie | werden entgiftet haben | they will have detoxified |
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 | entgiftete |
| du | entgiftetest |
| er/sie/es | entgiftete |
| wir | entgifteten |
| ihr | entgiftetet |
| sie/Sie | entgifteten |
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 | entgifte |
| ihr | entgiftet |