genesen — German conjugation

to recover

Frequency#1410Irregular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichgeneseI recover
dugenestyou recover
er/sie/esgenesthe/she/it recovers
wirgenesenwe recover
ihrgenestyou (pl.) recover
sie/Siegenesenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichgenasI recovered
dugenasestyou recovered
er/sie/esgenashe/she/it recovered
wirgenasenwe recovered
ihrgenastyou (pl.) recovered
sie/Siegenasenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichbin genesenI have recovered
dubist genesenyou have recovered
er/sie/esist genesenhe/she/it has recovered
wirsind genesenwe have recovered
ihrseid genesenyou (pl.) have recovered
sie/Siesind genesenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwar genesenI had recovered
duwarst genesenyou had recovered
er/sie/eswar genesenhe/she/it had recovered
wirwaren genesenwe had recovered
ihrwart genesenyou (pl.) had recovered
sie/Siewaren genesenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde genesenI will recover
duwirst genesenyou will recover
er/sie/eswird genesenhe/she/it will recover
wirwerden genesenwe will recover
ihrwerdet genesenyou (pl.) will recover
sie/Siewerden genesenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde genesen seinI will have recovered
duwirst genesen seinyou will have recovered
er/sie/eswird genesen seinhe/she/it will have recovered
wirwerden genesen seinwe will have recovered
ihrwerdet genesen seinyou (pl.) will have recovered
sie/Siewerden genesen seinthey 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?

PronounGerman
ichgenäse
dugenäsest
er/sie/esgenäse
wirgenäsen
ihrgenäset
sie/Siegenäsen

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.

PronounGerman
dugenese
ihrgenest