erarbeiten — German conjugation
to develop, to work out
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 | erarbeite | I develop |
| du | erarbeitest | you develop |
| er/sie/es | erarbeitet | he/she/it develops |
| wir | erarbeiten | we develop |
| ihr | erarbeitet | you (pl.) develop |
| sie/Sie | erarbeiten | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | erarbeitete | I developed |
| du | erarbeitetest | you developed |
| er/sie/es | erarbeitete | he/she/it developed |
| wir | erarbeiteten | we developed |
| ihr | erarbeitetet | you (pl.) developed |
| sie/Sie | erarbeiteten | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe erarbeitet | I have developed |
| du | hast erarbeitet | you have developed |
| er/sie/es | hat erarbeitet | he/she/it has developed |
| wir | haben erarbeitet | we have developed |
| ihr | habt erarbeitet | you (pl.) have developed |
| sie/Sie | haben erarbeitet | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte erarbeitet | I had developed |
| du | hattest erarbeitet | you had developed |
| er/sie/es | hatte erarbeitet | he/she/it had developed |
| wir | hatten erarbeitet | we had developed |
| ihr | hattet erarbeitet | you (pl.) had developed |
| sie/Sie | hatten erarbeitet | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde erarbeiten | I will develop |
| du | wirst erarbeiten | you will develop |
| er/sie/es | wird erarbeiten | he/she/it will develop |
| wir | werden erarbeiten | we will develop |
| ihr | werdet erarbeiten | you (pl.) will develop |
| sie/Sie | werden erarbeiten | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde erarbeitet haben | I will have developed |
| du | wirst erarbeitet haben | you will have developed |
| er/sie/es | wird erarbeitet haben | he/she/it will have developed |
| wir | werden erarbeitet haben | we will have developed |
| ihr | werdet erarbeitet haben | you (pl.) will have developed |
| sie/Sie | werden erarbeitet haben | they 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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | erarbeitete |
| du | erarbeitetest |
| er/sie/es | erarbeitete |
| wir | erarbeiteten |
| ihr | erarbeitetet |
| sie/Sie | erarbeiteten |
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 | erarbeite |
| ihr | erarbeitet |