preisen — German conjugation

to praise

Frequency#311Irregular

Indicative

Present (Präsens) Irregular

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
ichpreiseI praise
dupreistyou praise
er/sie/espreisthe/she/it praises
wirpreisenwe praise
ihrpreistyou (pl.) praise
sie/Siepreisenthey praise

Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular

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
ichpriesI praised
dupriesestyou praised
er/sie/esprieshe/she/it praised
wirpriesenwe praised
ihrpriestyou (pl.) praised
sie/Siepriesenthey praised

Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular

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 gepriesenI have praised
duhast gepriesenyou have praised
er/sie/eshat gepriesenhe/she/it has praised
wirhaben gepriesenwe have praised
ihrhabt gepriesenyou (pl.) have praised
sie/Siehaben gepriesenthey have praised

Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular

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 gepriesenI had praised
duhattest gepriesenyou had praised
er/sie/eshatte gepriesenhe/she/it had praised
wirhatten gepriesenwe had praised
ihrhattet gepriesenyou (pl.) had praised
sie/Siehatten gepriesenthey had praised

Future I (Futur I) Irregular

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 preisenI will praise
duwirst preisenyou will praise
er/sie/eswird preisenhe/she/it will praise
wirwerden preisenwe will praise
ihrwerdet preisenyou (pl.) will praise
sie/Siewerden preisenthey will praise

Future II (Futur II) Irregular

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

Subjunctive

Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular

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
ichpriese
dupriesest
er/sie/espriese
wirpriesen
ihrprieset
sie/Siepriesen

Other forms

Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular

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
dupreise
ihrpreist