nisten — German conjugation

to nest

Frequency#1581Regular

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
ichnisteI nest
dunistestyou nest
er/sie/esnistethe/she/it nests
wirnistenwe nest
ihrnistetyou (pl.) nest
sie/Sienistenthey nest

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
ichnisteteI nested
dunistetestyou nested
er/sie/esnistetehe/she/it nested
wirnistetenwe nested
ihrnistetetyou (pl.) nested
sie/Sienistetenthey nested

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 genistetI have nested
duhast genistetyou have nested
er/sie/eshat genistethe/she/it has nested
wirhaben genistetwe have nested
ihrhabt genistetyou (pl.) have nested
sie/Siehaben genistetthey have nested

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 genistetI had nested
duhattest genistetyou had nested
er/sie/eshatte genistethe/she/it had nested
wirhatten genistetwe had nested
ihrhattet genistetyou (pl.) had nested
sie/Siehatten genistetthey had nested

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 nistenI will nest
duwirst nistenyou will nest
er/sie/eswird nistenhe/she/it will nest
wirwerden nistenwe will nest
ihrwerdet nistenyou (pl.) will nest
sie/Siewerden nistenthey will nest

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

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
ichnistete
dunistetest
er/sie/esnistete
wirnisteten
ihrnistetet
sie/Sienisteten

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
duniste
ihrnistet