erarbeiten — German conjugation

to develop, to work out

Frequency#1405Regular

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
icherarbeiteI develop
duerarbeitestyou develop
er/sie/eserarbeitethe/she/it develops
wirerarbeitenwe develop
ihrerarbeitetyou (pl.) develop
sie/Sieerarbeitenthey develop

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
icherarbeiteteI developed
duerarbeitetestyou developed
er/sie/eserarbeitetehe/she/it developed
wirerarbeitetenwe developed
ihrerarbeitetetyou (pl.) developed
sie/Sieerarbeitetenthey developed

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 erarbeitetI have developed
duhast erarbeitetyou have developed
er/sie/eshat erarbeitethe/she/it has developed
wirhaben erarbeitetwe have developed
ihrhabt erarbeitetyou (pl.) have developed
sie/Siehaben erarbeitetthey have developed

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 erarbeitetI had developed
duhattest erarbeitetyou had developed
er/sie/eshatte erarbeitethe/she/it had developed
wirhatten erarbeitetwe had developed
ihrhattet erarbeitetyou (pl.) had developed
sie/Siehatten erarbeitetthey had developed

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 erarbeitenI will develop
duwirst erarbeitenyou will develop
er/sie/eswird erarbeitenhe/she/it will develop
wirwerden erarbeitenwe will develop
ihrwerdet erarbeitenyou (pl.) will develop
sie/Siewerden erarbeitenthey will develop

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

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
icherarbeitete
duerarbeitetest
er/sie/eserarbeitete
wirerarbeiteten
ihrerarbeitetet
sie/Sieerarbeiteten

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
duerarbeite
ihrerarbeitet