fortbleiben — German conjugation
to stay
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Irregular
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 | bleibe fort | I stay |
| du | bleibst fort | you stay |
| er/sie/es | bleibt fort | he/she/it stays |
| wir | bleiben fort | we stay |
| ihr | bleibt fort | you (pl.) stay |
| sie/Sie | bleiben fort | they stay |
Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular
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 | blieb fort | I stayed |
| du | bliebst fort | you stayed |
| er/sie/es | blieb fort | he/she/it stayed |
| wir | blieben fort | we stayed |
| ihr | bliebt fort | you (pl.) stayed |
| sie/Sie | blieben fort | they stayed |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular
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 | bin fortgeblieben | I have stayed |
| du | bist fortgeblieben | you have stayed |
| er/sie/es | ist fortgeblieben | he/she/it has stayed |
| wir | sind fortgeblieben | we have stayed |
| ihr | seid fortgeblieben | you (pl.) have stayed |
| sie/Sie | sind fortgeblieben | they have stayed |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular
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 | war fortgeblieben | I had stayed |
| du | warst fortgeblieben | you had stayed |
| er/sie/es | war fortgeblieben | he/she/it had stayed |
| wir | waren fortgeblieben | we had stayed |
| ihr | wart fortgeblieben | you (pl.) had stayed |
| sie/Sie | waren fortgeblieben | they had stayed |
Future I (Futur I) Irregular
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 fortbleiben | I will stay |
| du | wirst fortbleiben | you will stay |
| er/sie/es | wird fortbleiben | he/she/it will stay |
| wir | werden fortbleiben | we will stay |
| ihr | werdet fortbleiben | you (pl.) will stay |
| sie/Sie | werden fortbleiben | they will stay |
Future II (Futur II) Irregular
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 fortgeblieben sein | I will have stayed |
| du | wirst fortgeblieben sein | you will have stayed |
| er/sie/es | wird fortgeblieben sein | he/she/it will have stayed |
| wir | werden fortgeblieben sein | we will have stayed |
| ihr | werdet fortgeblieben sein | you (pl.) will have stayed |
| sie/Sie | werden fortgeblieben sein | they will have stayed |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular
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 | bliebe fort |
| du | bliebest fort |
| er/sie/es | bliebe fort |
| wir | blieben fort |
| ihr | bliebet fort |
| sie/Sie | blieben fort |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular
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 | bleibe fort |
| ihr | bleibt fort |