kreditieren — German conjugation

to credit

Frequency#1704Regular

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
ichkreditiereI credit
dukreditierstyou credit
er/sie/eskreditierthe/she/it credits
wirkreditierenwe credit
ihrkreditiertyou (pl.) credit
sie/Siekreditierenthey credit

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
ichkreditierteI credited
dukreditiertestyou credited
er/sie/eskreditiertehe/she/it credited
wirkreditiertenwe credited
ihrkreditiertetyou (pl.) credited
sie/Siekreditiertenthey credited

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 kreditiertI have credited
duhast kreditiertyou have credited
er/sie/eshat kreditierthe/she/it has credited
wirhaben kreditiertwe have credited
ihrhabt kreditiertyou (pl.) have credited
sie/Siehaben kreditiertthey have credited

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 kreditiertI had credited
duhattest kreditiertyou had credited
er/sie/eshatte kreditierthe/she/it had credited
wirhatten kreditiertwe had credited
ihrhattet kreditiertyou (pl.) had credited
sie/Siehatten kreditiertthey had credited

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 kreditierenI will credit
duwirst kreditierenyou will credit
er/sie/eswird kreditierenhe/she/it will credit
wirwerden kreditierenwe will credit
ihrwerdet kreditierenyou (pl.) will credit
sie/Siewerden kreditierenthey will credit

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

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
ichkreditierte
dukreditiertest
er/sie/eskreditierte
wirkreditierten
ihrkreditiertet
sie/Siekreditierten

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
dukreditiere
ihrkreditiert