fordern — German conjugation

to demand

Frequency#1975Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichfordereI demand
duforderstyou demand
er/sie/esforderthe/she/it demands
wirfordernwe demand
ihrfordertyou (pl.) demand
sie/Siefordernthey demand

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichforderteI demanded
dufordertestyou demanded
er/sie/esfordertehe/she/it demanded
wirfordertenwe demanded
ihrfordertetyou (pl.) demanded
sie/Siefordertenthey demanded

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe gefordertI have demanded
duhast gefordertyou have demanded
er/sie/eshat geforderthe/she/it has demanded
wirhaben gefordertwe have demanded
ihrhabt gefordertyou (pl.) have demanded
sie/Siehaben gefordertthey have demanded

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte gefordertI had demanded
duhattest gefordertyou had demanded
er/sie/eshatte geforderthe/she/it had demanded
wirhatten gefordertwe had demanded
ihrhattet gefordertyou (pl.) had demanded
sie/Siehatten gefordertthey had demanded

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde fordernI will demand
duwirst fordernyou will demand
er/sie/eswird fordernhe/she/it will demand
wirwerden fordernwe will demand
ihrwerdet fordernyou (pl.) will demand
sie/Siewerden fordernthey will demand

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde gefordert habenI will have demanded
duwirst gefordert habenyou will have demanded
er/sie/eswird gefordert habenhe/she/it will have demanded
wirwerden gefordert habenwe will have demanded
ihrwerdet gefordert habenyou (pl.) will have demanded
sie/Siewerden gefordert habenthey will have demanded

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?

PronounGerman
ichforderte
dufordertest
er/sie/esforderte
wirforderten
ihrfordertet
sie/Sieforderten

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.

PronounGerman
dufordere
ihrfordert