pogen — German conjugation
to be able
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 | poge | I am able |
| du | pogst | you are able |
| er/sie/es | pogt | he/she/it is able |
| wir | pogen | we are able |
| ihr | pogt | you (pl.) are able |
| sie/Sie | pogen | they are able |
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 | pogte | I was able |
| du | pogtest | you were able |
| er/sie/es | pogte | he/she/it was able |
| wir | pogten | we were able |
| ihr | pogtet | you (pl.) were able |
| sie/Sie | pogten | they were able |
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 gepogt | I have been able |
| du | hast gepogt | you have been able |
| er/sie/es | hat gepogt | he/she/it has been able |
| wir | haben gepogt | we have been able |
| ihr | habt gepogt | you (pl.) have been able |
| sie/Sie | haben gepogt | they have been able |
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 gepogt | I had been able |
| du | hattest gepogt | you had been able |
| er/sie/es | hatte gepogt | he/she/it had been able |
| wir | hatten gepogt | we had been able |
| ihr | hattet gepogt | you (pl.) had been able |
| sie/Sie | hatten gepogt | they had been able |
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 pogen | I will be able |
| du | wirst pogen | you will be able |
| er/sie/es | wird pogen | he/she/it will be able |
| wir | werden pogen | we will be able |
| ihr | werdet pogen | you (pl.) will be able |
| sie/Sie | werden pogen | they will be able |
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 gepogt haben | I will have been able |
| du | wirst gepogt haben | you will have been able |
| er/sie/es | wird gepogt haben | he/she/it will have been able |
| wir | werden gepogt haben | we will have been able |
| ihr | werdet gepogt haben | you (pl.) will have been able |
| sie/Sie | werden gepogt haben | they will have been able |
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 | pogte |
| du | pogtest |
| er/sie/es | pogte |
| wir | pogten |
| ihr | pogtet |
| sie/Sie | pogten |
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 | poge |
| ihr | pogt |