erkobern — German conjugation
to conquer
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 | erkobere | I conquer |
| du | erkoberst | you conquer |
| er/sie/es | erkobert | he/she/it conquers |
| wir | erkobern | we conquer |
| ihr | erkobert | you (pl.) conquer |
| sie/Sie | erkobern | they conquer |
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 | erkoberte | I conquered |
| du | erkobertest | you conquered |
| er/sie/es | erkoberte | he/she/it conquered |
| wir | erkoberten | we conquered |
| ihr | erkobertet | you (pl.) conquered |
| sie/Sie | erkoberten | they conquered |
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 erkobert | I have conquered |
| du | hast erkobert | you have conquered |
| er/sie/es | hat erkobert | he/she/it has conquered |
| wir | haben erkobert | we have conquered |
| ihr | habt erkobert | you (pl.) have conquered |
| sie/Sie | haben erkobert | they have conquered |
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 erkobert | I had conquered |
| du | hattest erkobert | you had conquered |
| er/sie/es | hatte erkobert | he/she/it had conquered |
| wir | hatten erkobert | we had conquered |
| ihr | hattet erkobert | you (pl.) had conquered |
| sie/Sie | hatten erkobert | they had conquered |
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 erkobern | I will conquer |
| du | wirst erkobern | you will conquer |
| er/sie/es | wird erkobern | he/she/it will conquer |
| wir | werden erkobern | we will conquer |
| ihr | werdet erkobern | you (pl.) will conquer |
| sie/Sie | werden erkobern | they will conquer |
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 erkobert haben | I will have conquered |
| du | wirst erkobert haben | you will have conquered |
| er/sie/es | wird erkobert haben | he/she/it will have conquered |
| wir | werden erkobert haben | we will have conquered |
| ihr | werdet erkobert haben | you (pl.) will have conquered |
| sie/Sie | werden erkobert haben | they will have conquered |
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 | erkoberte |
| du | erkobertest |
| er/sie/es | erkoberte |
| wir | erkoberten |
| ihr | erkobertet |
| sie/Sie | erkoberten |
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 | erkobere |
| ihr | erkobert |