entwaffnen — German conjugation

to disarm

Frequency#992Regular

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
ichentwaffneI disarm
duentwaffnestyou disarm
er/sie/esentwaffnethe/she/it disarms
wirentwaffnenwe disarm
ihrentwaffnetyou (pl.) disarm
sie/Sieentwaffnenthey disarm

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
ichentwaffneteI disarmed
duentwaffnetestyou disarmed
er/sie/esentwaffnetehe/she/it disarmed
wirentwaffnetenwe disarmed
ihrentwaffnetetyou (pl.) disarmed
sie/Sieentwaffnetenthey disarmed

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 entwaffnetI have disarmed
duhast entwaffnetyou have disarmed
er/sie/eshat entwaffnethe/she/it has disarmed
wirhaben entwaffnetwe have disarmed
ihrhabt entwaffnetyou (pl.) have disarmed
sie/Siehaben entwaffnetthey have disarmed

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 entwaffnetI had disarmed
duhattest entwaffnetyou had disarmed
er/sie/eshatte entwaffnethe/she/it had disarmed
wirhatten entwaffnetwe had disarmed
ihrhattet entwaffnetyou (pl.) had disarmed
sie/Siehatten entwaffnetthey had disarmed

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 entwaffnenI will disarm
duwirst entwaffnenyou will disarm
er/sie/eswird entwaffnenhe/she/it will disarm
wirwerden entwaffnenwe will disarm
ihrwerdet entwaffnenyou (pl.) will disarm
sie/Siewerden entwaffnenthey will disarm

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

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
ichentwaffnete
duentwaffnetest
er/sie/esentwaffnete
wirentwaffneten
ihrentwaffnetet
sie/Sieentwaffneten

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
duentwaffne
ihrentwaffnet