gestatten — German conjugation

to allow

Frequency#1056Regular

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
ichgestatteI allow
dugestattestyou allow
er/sie/esgestattethe/she/it allows
wirgestattenwe allow
ihrgestattetyou (pl.) allow
sie/Siegestattenthey allow

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
ichgestatteteI allowed
dugestattetestyou allowed
er/sie/esgestattetehe/she/it allowed
wirgestattetenwe allowed
ihrgestattetetyou (pl.) allowed
sie/Siegestattetenthey allowed

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 gestattetI have allowed
duhast gestattetyou have allowed
er/sie/eshat gestattethe/she/it has allowed
wirhaben gestattetwe have allowed
ihrhabt gestattetyou (pl.) have allowed
sie/Siehaben gestattetthey have allowed

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 gestattetI had allowed
duhattest gestattetyou had allowed
er/sie/eshatte gestattethe/she/it had allowed
wirhatten gestattetwe had allowed
ihrhattet gestattetyou (pl.) had allowed
sie/Siehatten gestattetthey had allowed

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 gestattenI will allow
duwirst gestattenyou will allow
er/sie/eswird gestattenhe/she/it will allow
wirwerden gestattenwe will allow
ihrwerdet gestattenyou (pl.) will allow
sie/Siewerden gestattenthey will allow

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 gestattet habenI will have allowed
duwirst gestattet habenyou will have allowed
er/sie/eswird gestattet habenhe/she/it will have allowed
wirwerden gestattet habenwe will have allowed
ihrwerdet gestattet habenyou (pl.) will have allowed
sie/Siewerden gestattet habenthey will have allowed

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
ichgestattete
dugestattetest
er/sie/esgestattete
wirgestatteten
ihrgestattetet
sie/Siegestatteten

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
dugestatte
ihrgestattet