entwerten — German conjugation

to devalue

Frequency#1217Regular

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
ichentwerteI devalue
duentwertestyou devalue
er/sie/esentwertethe/she/it devalues
wirentwertenwe devalue
ihrentwertetyou (pl.) devalue
sie/Sieentwertenthey devalue

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
ichentwerteteI devalued
duentwertetestyou devalued
er/sie/esentwertetehe/she/it devalued
wirentwertetenwe devalued
ihrentwertetetyou (pl.) devalued
sie/Sieentwertetenthey devalued

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 entwertetI have devalued
duhast entwertetyou have devalued
er/sie/eshat entwertethe/she/it has devalued
wirhaben entwertetwe have devalued
ihrhabt entwertetyou (pl.) have devalued
sie/Siehaben entwertetthey have devalued

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 entwertetI had devalued
duhattest entwertetyou had devalued
er/sie/eshatte entwertethe/she/it had devalued
wirhatten entwertetwe had devalued
ihrhattet entwertetyou (pl.) had devalued
sie/Siehatten entwertetthey had devalued

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 entwertenI will devalue
duwirst entwertenyou will devalue
er/sie/eswird entwertenhe/she/it will devalue
wirwerden entwertenwe will devalue
ihrwerdet entwertenyou (pl.) will devalue
sie/Siewerden entwertenthey will devalue

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

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
ichentwertete
duentwertetest
er/sie/esentwertete
wirentwerteten
ihrentwertetet
sie/Sieentwerteten

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
duentwerte
ihrentwertet