neiden — German conjugation
to envy
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 | neide | I envy |
| du | neidest | you envy |
| er/sie/es | neidet | he/she/it envies |
| wir | neiden | we envy |
| ihr | neidet | you (pl.) envy |
| sie/Sie | neiden | they envy |
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 | neidete | I envied |
| du | neidetest | you envied |
| er/sie/es | neidete | he/she/it envied |
| wir | neideten | we envied |
| ihr | neidetet | you (pl.) envied |
| sie/Sie | neideten | they envied |
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 geneidet | I have envied |
| du | hast geneidet | you have envied |
| er/sie/es | hat geneidet | he/she/it has envied |
| wir | haben geneidet | we have envied |
| ihr | habt geneidet | you (pl.) have envied |
| sie/Sie | haben geneidet | they have envied |
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 geneidet | I had envied |
| du | hattest geneidet | you had envied |
| er/sie/es | hatte geneidet | he/she/it had envied |
| wir | hatten geneidet | we had envied |
| ihr | hattet geneidet | you (pl.) had envied |
| sie/Sie | hatten geneidet | they had envied |
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 neiden | I will envy |
| du | wirst neiden | you will envy |
| er/sie/es | wird neiden | he/she/it will envy |
| wir | werden neiden | we will envy |
| ihr | werdet neiden | you (pl.) will envy |
| sie/Sie | werden neiden | they will envy |
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 geneidet haben | I will have envied |
| du | wirst geneidet haben | you will have envied |
| er/sie/es | wird geneidet haben | he/she/it will have envied |
| wir | werden geneidet haben | we will have envied |
| ihr | werdet geneidet haben | you (pl.) will have envied |
| sie/Sie | werden geneidet haben | they will have envied |
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 | neidete |
| du | neidetest |
| er/sie/es | neidete |
| wir | neideten |
| ihr | neidetet |
| sie/Sie | neideten |
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 | neide |
| ihr | neidet |