fasten — German conjugation
to fast (abstain from food)
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 | faste | I fast |
| du | fastest | you fast |
| er/sie/es | fastet | he/she/it fasts |
| wir | fasten | we fast |
| ihr | fastet | you (pl.) fast |
| sie/Sie | fasten | they fast |
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 | fastete | I fasted |
| du | fastetest | you fasted |
| er/sie/es | fastete | he/she/it fasted |
| wir | fasteten | we fasted |
| ihr | fastetet | you (pl.) fasted |
| sie/Sie | fasteten | they fasted |
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 gefastet | I have fasted |
| du | hast gefastet | you have fasted |
| er/sie/es | hat gefastet | he/she/it has fasted |
| wir | haben gefastet | we have fasted |
| ihr | habt gefastet | you (pl.) have fasted |
| sie/Sie | haben gefastet | they have fasted |
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 gefastet | I had fasted |
| du | hattest gefastet | you had fasted |
| er/sie/es | hatte gefastet | he/she/it had fasted |
| wir | hatten gefastet | we had fasted |
| ihr | hattet gefastet | you (pl.) had fasted |
| sie/Sie | hatten gefastet | they had fasted |
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 fasten | I will fast |
| du | wirst fasten | you will fast |
| er/sie/es | wird fasten | he/she/it will fast |
| wir | werden fasten | we will fast |
| ihr | werdet fasten | you (pl.) will fast |
| sie/Sie | werden fasten | they will fast |
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 gefastet haben | I will have fasted |
| du | wirst gefastet haben | you will have fasted |
| er/sie/es | wird gefastet haben | he/she/it will have fasted |
| wir | werden gefastet haben | we will have fasted |
| ihr | werdet gefastet haben | you (pl.) will have fasted |
| sie/Sie | werden gefastet haben | they will have fasted |
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 | fastete |
| du | fastetest |
| er/sie/es | fastete |
| wir | fasteten |
| ihr | fastetet |
| sie/Sie | fasteten |
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 | faste |
| ihr | fastet |