ergeben — German conjugation
to result, to yield
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Irregular
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 | ergebe | I result |
| du | ergibst | you result |
| er/sie/es | ergibt | he/she/it results |
| wir | ergeben | we result |
| ihr | ergebt | you (pl.) result |
| sie/Sie | ergeben | they result |
Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular
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 | ergab | I resulted |
| du | ergabst | you resulted |
| er/sie/es | ergab | he/she/it resulted |
| wir | ergaben | we resulted |
| ihr | ergabt | you (pl.) resulted |
| sie/Sie | ergaben | they resulted |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular
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 ergeben | I have resulted |
| du | hast ergeben | you have resulted |
| er/sie/es | hat ergeben | he/she/it has resulted |
| wir | haben ergeben | we have resulted |
| ihr | habt ergeben | you (pl.) have resulted |
| sie/Sie | haben ergeben | they have resulted |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular
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 ergeben | I had resulted |
| du | hattest ergeben | you had resulted |
| er/sie/es | hatte ergeben | he/she/it had resulted |
| wir | hatten ergeben | we had resulted |
| ihr | hattet ergeben | you (pl.) had resulted |
| sie/Sie | hatten ergeben | they had resulted |
Future I (Futur I) Irregular
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 ergeben | I will result |
| du | wirst ergeben | you will result |
| er/sie/es | wird ergeben | he/she/it will result |
| wir | werden ergeben | we will result |
| ihr | werdet ergeben | you (pl.) will result |
| sie/Sie | werden ergeben | they will result |
Future II (Futur II) Irregular
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 ergeben haben | I will have resulted |
| du | wirst ergeben haben | you will have resulted |
| er/sie/es | wird ergeben haben | he/she/it will have resulted |
| wir | werden ergeben haben | we will have resulted |
| ihr | werdet ergeben haben | you (pl.) will have resulted |
| sie/Sie | werden ergeben haben | they will have resulted |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular
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 | ergäbe |
| du | ergäbest |
| er/sie/es | ergäbe |
| wir | ergäben |
| ihr | ergäbet |
| sie/Sie | ergäben |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular
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 | ergib |
| ihr | ergebt |