riskieren — German conjugation

to risk

Frequency#722Regular

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
ichriskiereI risk
duriskierstyou risk
er/sie/esriskierthe/she/it risks
wirriskierenwe risk
ihrriskiertyou (pl.) risk
sie/Sieriskierenthey risk

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
ichriskierteI risked
duriskiertestyou risked
er/sie/esriskiertehe/she/it risked
wirriskiertenwe risked
ihrriskiertetyou (pl.) risked
sie/Sieriskiertenthey risked

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 riskiertI have risked
duhast riskiertyou have risked
er/sie/eshat riskierthe/she/it has risked
wirhaben riskiertwe have risked
ihrhabt riskiertyou (pl.) have risked
sie/Siehaben riskiertthey have risked

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 riskiertI had risked
duhattest riskiertyou had risked
er/sie/eshatte riskierthe/she/it had risked
wirhatten riskiertwe had risked
ihrhattet riskiertyou (pl.) had risked
sie/Siehatten riskiertthey had risked

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 riskierenI will risk
duwirst riskierenyou will risk
er/sie/eswird riskierenhe/she/it will risk
wirwerden riskierenwe will risk
ihrwerdet riskierenyou (pl.) will risk
sie/Siewerden riskierenthey will risk

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

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
ichriskierte
duriskiertest
er/sie/esriskierte
wirriskierten
ihrriskiertet
sie/Sieriskierten

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
duriskiere
ihrriskiert