erniedrigen — German conjugation
to humiliate
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 | erniedrige | I humiliate |
| du | erniedrigst | you humiliate |
| er/sie/es | erniedrigt | he/she/it humiliates |
| wir | erniedrigen | we humiliate |
| ihr | erniedrigt | you (pl.) humiliate |
| sie/Sie | erniedrigen | they humiliate |
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 | erniedrigte | I humiliated |
| du | erniedrigtest | you humiliated |
| er/sie/es | erniedrigte | he/she/it humiliated |
| wir | erniedrigten | we humiliated |
| ihr | erniedrigtet | you (pl.) humiliated |
| sie/Sie | erniedrigten | they humiliated |
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 erniedrigt | I have humiliated |
| du | hast erniedrigt | you have humiliated |
| er/sie/es | hat erniedrigt | he/she/it has humiliated |
| wir | haben erniedrigt | we have humiliated |
| ihr | habt erniedrigt | you (pl.) have humiliated |
| sie/Sie | haben erniedrigt | they have humiliated |
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 erniedrigt | I had humiliated |
| du | hattest erniedrigt | you had humiliated |
| er/sie/es | hatte erniedrigt | he/she/it had humiliated |
| wir | hatten erniedrigt | we had humiliated |
| ihr | hattet erniedrigt | you (pl.) had humiliated |
| sie/Sie | hatten erniedrigt | they had humiliated |
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 erniedrigen | I will humiliate |
| du | wirst erniedrigen | you will humiliate |
| er/sie/es | wird erniedrigen | he/she/it will humiliate |
| wir | werden erniedrigen | we will humiliate |
| ihr | werdet erniedrigen | you (pl.) will humiliate |
| sie/Sie | werden erniedrigen | they will humiliate |
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 erniedrigt haben | I will have humiliated |
| du | wirst erniedrigt haben | you will have humiliated |
| er/sie/es | wird erniedrigt haben | he/she/it will have humiliated |
| wir | werden erniedrigt haben | we will have humiliated |
| ihr | werdet erniedrigt haben | you (pl.) will have humiliated |
| sie/Sie | werden erniedrigt haben | they will have humiliated |
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 | erniedrigte |
| du | erniedrigtest |
| er/sie/es | erniedrigte |
| wir | erniedrigten |
| ihr | erniedrigtet |
| sie/Sie | erniedrigten |
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 | erniedrige |
| ihr | erniedrigt |