ermorden — German conjugation
to murder
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 | ermorde | I murder |
| du | ermordest | you murder |
| er/sie/es | ermordet | he/she/it murders |
| wir | ermorden | we murder |
| ihr | ermordet | you (pl.) murder |
| sie/Sie | ermorden | they murder |
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 | ermordete | I murdered |
| du | ermordetest | you murdered |
| er/sie/es | ermordete | he/she/it murdered |
| wir | ermordeten | we murdered |
| ihr | ermordetet | you (pl.) murdered |
| sie/Sie | ermordeten | they murdered |
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 ermordet | I have murdered |
| du | hast ermordet | you have murdered |
| er/sie/es | hat ermordet | he/she/it has murdered |
| wir | haben ermordet | we have murdered |
| ihr | habt ermordet | you (pl.) have murdered |
| sie/Sie | haben ermordet | they have murdered |
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 ermordet | I had murdered |
| du | hattest ermordet | you had murdered |
| er/sie/es | hatte ermordet | he/she/it had murdered |
| wir | hatten ermordet | we had murdered |
| ihr | hattet ermordet | you (pl.) had murdered |
| sie/Sie | hatten ermordet | they had murdered |
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 ermorden | I will murder |
| du | wirst ermorden | you will murder |
| er/sie/es | wird ermorden | he/she/it will murder |
| wir | werden ermorden | we will murder |
| ihr | werdet ermorden | you (pl.) will murder |
| sie/Sie | werden ermorden | they will murder |
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 ermordet haben | I will have murdered |
| du | wirst ermordet haben | you will have murdered |
| er/sie/es | wird ermordet haben | he/she/it will have murdered |
| wir | werden ermordet haben | we will have murdered |
| ihr | werdet ermordet haben | you (pl.) will have murdered |
| sie/Sie | werden ermordet haben | they will have murdered |
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 | ermordete |
| du | ermordetest |
| er/sie/es | ermordete |
| wir | ermordeten |
| ihr | ermordetet |
| sie/Sie | ermordeten |
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 | ermorde |
| ihr | ermordet |