missachten — German conjugation

to disregard

Frequency#892Regular

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
ichmissachteI disregard
dumissachtestyou disregard
er/sie/esmissachtethe/she/it disregards
wirmissachtenwe disregard
ihrmissachtetyou (pl.) disregard
sie/Siemissachtenthey disregard

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
ichmissachteteI disregarded
dumissachtetestyou disregarded
er/sie/esmissachtetehe/she/it disregarded
wirmissachtetenwe disregarded
ihrmissachtetetyou (pl.) disregarded
sie/Siemissachtetenthey disregarded

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 missachtetI have disregarded
duhast missachtetyou have disregarded
er/sie/eshat missachtethe/she/it has disregarded
wirhaben missachtetwe have disregarded
ihrhabt missachtetyou (pl.) have disregarded
sie/Siehaben missachtetthey have disregarded

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 missachtetI had disregarded
duhattest missachtetyou had disregarded
er/sie/eshatte missachtethe/she/it had disregarded
wirhatten missachtetwe had disregarded
ihrhattet missachtetyou (pl.) had disregarded
sie/Siehatten missachtetthey had disregarded

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 missachtenI will disregard
duwirst missachtenyou will disregard
er/sie/eswird missachtenhe/she/it will disregard
wirwerden missachtenwe will disregard
ihrwerdet missachtenyou (pl.) will disregard
sie/Siewerden missachtenthey will disregard

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

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
ichmissachtete
dumissachtetest
er/sie/esmissachtete
wirmissachteten
ihrmissachtetet
sie/Siemissachteten

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
dumissachte
ihrmissachtet