paaren — German conjugation
to pair
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 | paare | I pair |
| du | paarst | you pair |
| er/sie/es | paart | he/she/it pairs |
| wir | paaren | we pair |
| ihr | paart | you (pl.) pair |
| sie/Sie | paaren | they pair |
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 | paarte | I paired |
| du | paartest | you paired |
| er/sie/es | paarte | he/she/it paired |
| wir | paarten | we paired |
| ihr | paartet | you (pl.) paired |
| sie/Sie | paarten | they paired |
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 gepaart | I have paired |
| du | hast gepaart | you have paired |
| er/sie/es | hat gepaart | he/she/it has paired |
| wir | haben gepaart | we have paired |
| ihr | habt gepaart | you (pl.) have paired |
| sie/Sie | haben gepaart | they have paired |
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 gepaart | I had paired |
| du | hattest gepaart | you had paired |
| er/sie/es | hatte gepaart | he/she/it had paired |
| wir | hatten gepaart | we had paired |
| ihr | hattet gepaart | you (pl.) had paired |
| sie/Sie | hatten gepaart | they had paired |
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 paaren | I will pair |
| du | wirst paaren | you will pair |
| er/sie/es | wird paaren | he/she/it will pair |
| wir | werden paaren | we will pair |
| ihr | werdet paaren | you (pl.) will pair |
| sie/Sie | werden paaren | they will pair |
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 gepaart haben | I will have paired |
| du | wirst gepaart haben | you will have paired |
| er/sie/es | wird gepaart haben | he/she/it will have paired |
| wir | werden gepaart haben | we will have paired |
| ihr | werdet gepaart haben | you (pl.) will have paired |
| sie/Sie | werden gepaart haben | they will have paired |
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 | paarte |
| du | paartest |
| er/sie/es | paarte |
| wir | paarten |
| ihr | paartet |
| sie/Sie | paarten |
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 | paare |
| ihr | paart |