genesen — German conjugation
to recover
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 | genese | I recover |
| du | genest | you recover |
| er/sie/es | genest | he/she/it recovers |
| wir | genesen | we recover |
| ihr | genest | you (pl.) recover |
| sie/Sie | genesen | they recover |
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 | genas | I recovered |
| du | genasest | you recovered |
| er/sie/es | genas | he/she/it recovered |
| wir | genasen | we recovered |
| ihr | genast | you (pl.) recovered |
| sie/Sie | genasen | they recovered |
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 genesen | I have recovered |
| du | bist genesen | you have recovered |
| er/sie/es | ist genesen | he/she/it has recovered |
| wir | sind genesen | we have recovered |
| ihr | seid genesen | you (pl.) have recovered |
| sie/Sie | sind genesen | they have recovered |
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 genesen | I had recovered |
| du | warst genesen | you had recovered |
| er/sie/es | war genesen | he/she/it had recovered |
| wir | waren genesen | we had recovered |
| ihr | wart genesen | you (pl.) had recovered |
| sie/Sie | waren genesen | they had recovered |
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 genesen | I will recover |
| du | wirst genesen | you will recover |
| er/sie/es | wird genesen | he/she/it will recover |
| wir | werden genesen | we will recover |
| ihr | werdet genesen | you (pl.) will recover |
| sie/Sie | werden genesen | they will recover |
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 genesen sein | I will have recovered |
| du | wirst genesen sein | you will have recovered |
| er/sie/es | wird genesen sein | he/she/it will have recovered |
| wir | werden genesen sein | we will have recovered |
| ihr | werdet genesen sein | you (pl.) will have recovered |
| sie/Sie | werden genesen sein | they will have recovered |
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 | genäse |
| du | genäsest |
| er/sie/es | genäse |
| wir | genäsen |
| ihr | genäset |
| sie/Sie | genäsen |
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 | genese |
| ihr | genest |