scheiden — German conjugation
to separate
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | scheide | I separate |
| du | scheidest | you separate |
| er/sie/es | scheidet | he/she/it separates |
| wir | scheiden | we separate |
| ihr | scheidet | you (pl.) separate |
| sie/Sie | scheiden | they separate |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | schied | I separated |
| du | schiedest | you separated |
| er/sie/es | schied | he/she/it separated |
| wir | schieden | we separated |
| ihr | schiedet | you (pl.) separated |
| sie/Sie | schieden | they separated |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe geschieden | I have separated |
| du | hast geschieden | you have separated |
| er/sie/es | hat geschieden | he/she/it has separated |
| wir | haben geschieden | we have separated |
| ihr | habt geschieden | you (pl.) have separated |
| sie/Sie | haben geschieden | they have separated |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte geschieden | I had separated |
| du | hattest geschieden | you had separated |
| er/sie/es | hatte geschieden | he/she/it had separated |
| wir | hatten geschieden | we had separated |
| ihr | hattet geschieden | you (pl.) had separated |
| sie/Sie | hatten geschieden | they had separated |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde scheiden | I will separate |
| du | wirst scheiden | you will separate |
| er/sie/es | wird scheiden | he/she/it will separate |
| wir | werden scheiden | we will separate |
| ihr | werdet scheiden | you (pl.) will separate |
| sie/Sie | werden scheiden | they will separate |
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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde geschieden haben | I will have separated |
| du | wirst geschieden haben | you will have separated |
| er/sie/es | wird geschieden haben | he/she/it will have separated |
| wir | werden geschieden haben | we will have separated |
| ihr | werdet geschieden haben | you (pl.) will have separated |
| sie/Sie | werden geschieden haben | they will have separated |
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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | schiede |
| du | schiedest |
| er/sie/es | schiede |
| wir | schieden |
| ihr | schiedet |
| sie/Sie | schieden |
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.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | scheide |
| ihr | scheidet |