ersparen — German conjugation
to save (someone from something)
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 | erspare | I save |
| du | ersparst | you save |
| er/sie/es | erspart | he/she/it saves |
| wir | ersparen | we save |
| ihr | erspart | you (pl.) save |
| sie/Sie | ersparen | they save |
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 | ersparte | I saved |
| du | erspartest | you saved |
| er/sie/es | ersparte | he/she/it saved |
| wir | ersparten | we saved |
| ihr | erspartet | you (pl.) saved |
| sie/Sie | ersparten | they saved |
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 erspart | I have saved |
| du | hast erspart | you have saved |
| er/sie/es | hat erspart | he/she/it has saved |
| wir | haben erspart | we have saved |
| ihr | habt erspart | you (pl.) have saved |
| sie/Sie | haben erspart | they have saved |
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 erspart | I had saved |
| du | hattest erspart | you had saved |
| er/sie/es | hatte erspart | he/she/it had saved |
| wir | hatten erspart | we had saved |
| ihr | hattet erspart | you (pl.) had saved |
| sie/Sie | hatten erspart | they had saved |
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 ersparen | I will save |
| du | wirst ersparen | you will save |
| er/sie/es | wird ersparen | he/she/it will save |
| wir | werden ersparen | we will save |
| ihr | werdet ersparen | you (pl.) will save |
| sie/Sie | werden ersparen | they will save |
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 erspart haben | I will have saved |
| du | wirst erspart haben | you will have saved |
| er/sie/es | wird erspart haben | he/she/it will have saved |
| wir | werden erspart haben | we will have saved |
| ihr | werdet erspart haben | you (pl.) will have saved |
| sie/Sie | werden erspart haben | they will have saved |
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 | ersparte |
| du | erspartest |
| er/sie/es | ersparte |
| wir | ersparten |
| ihr | erspartet |
| sie/Sie | ersparten |
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 | erspare |
| ihr | erspart |