maßregeln — German conjugation

to regulate

Frequency#2062Regular

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
ichmaßregeleI regulate
dumaßregelstyou regulate
er/sie/esmaßregelthe/she/it regulates
wirmaßregelnwe regulate
ihrmaßregeltyou (pl.) regulate
sie/Siemaßregelnthey regulate

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
ichmaßregelteI regulated
dumaßregeltestyou regulated
er/sie/esmaßregeltehe/she/it regulated
wirmaßregeltenwe regulated
ihrmaßregeltetyou (pl.) regulated
sie/Siemaßregeltenthey regulated

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 gemaßregeltI have regulated
duhast gemaßregeltyou have regulated
er/sie/eshat gemaßregelthe/she/it has regulated
wirhaben gemaßregeltwe have regulated
ihrhabt gemaßregeltyou (pl.) have regulated
sie/Siehaben gemaßregeltthey have regulated

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 gemaßregeltI had regulated
duhattest gemaßregeltyou had regulated
er/sie/eshatte gemaßregelthe/she/it had regulated
wirhatten gemaßregeltwe had regulated
ihrhattet gemaßregeltyou (pl.) had regulated
sie/Siehatten gemaßregeltthey had regulated

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 maßregelnI will regulate
duwirst maßregelnyou will regulate
er/sie/eswird maßregelnhe/she/it will regulate
wirwerden maßregelnwe will regulate
ihrwerdet maßregelnyou (pl.) will regulate
sie/Siewerden maßregelnthey will regulate

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

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
ichmaßregelte
dumaßregeltest
er/sie/esmaßregelte
wirmaßregelten
ihrmaßregeltet
sie/Siemaßregelten

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
dumaßregele
ihrmaßregelt