leugnen — German conjugation
to deny
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | leugne | I deny |
| du | leugnest | you deny |
| er/sie/es | leugnet | he/she/it denies |
| wir | leugnen | we deny |
| ihr | leugnet | you (pl.) deny |
| sie/Sie | leugnen | they deny |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | leugnete | I denied |
| du | leugnetest | you denied |
| er/sie/es | leugnete | he/she/it denied |
| wir | leugneten | we denied |
| ihr | leugnetet | you (pl.) denied |
| sie/Sie | leugneten | they denied |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe geleugnet | I have denied |
| du | hast geleugnet | you have denied |
| er/sie/es | hat geleugnet | he/she/it has denied |
| wir | haben geleugnet | we have denied |
| ihr | habt geleugnet | you (pl.) have denied |
| sie/Sie | haben geleugnet | they have denied |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte geleugnet | I had denied |
| du | hattest geleugnet | you had denied |
| er/sie/es | hatte geleugnet | he/she/it had denied |
| wir | hatten geleugnet | we had denied |
| ihr | hattet geleugnet | you (pl.) had denied |
| sie/Sie | hatten geleugnet | they had denied |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde leugnen | I will deny |
| du | wirst leugnen | you will deny |
| er/sie/es | wird leugnen | he/she/it will deny |
| wir | werden leugnen | we will deny |
| ihr | werdet leugnen | you (pl.) will deny |
| sie/Sie | werden leugnen | they will deny |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde geleugnet haben | I will have denied |
| du | wirst geleugnet haben | you will have denied |
| er/sie/es | wird geleugnet haben | he/she/it will have denied |
| wir | werden geleugnet haben | we will have denied |
| ihr | werdet geleugnet haben | you (pl.) will have denied |
| sie/Sie | werden geleugnet haben | they will have denied |
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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | leugnete |
| du | leugnetest |
| er/sie/es | leugnete |
| wir | leugneten |
| ihr | leugnetet |
| sie/Sie | leugneten |
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.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | leugne |
| ihr | leugnet |