schenken — German conjugation
to give (as a gift)
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 | schenke | I give |
| du | schenkst | you give |
| er/sie/es | schenkt | he/she/it gives |
| wir | schenken | we give |
| ihr | schenkt | you (pl.) give |
| sie/Sie | schenken | they give |
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 | schenkte | I gave |
| du | schenktest | you gave |
| er/sie/es | schenkte | he/she/it gave |
| wir | schenkten | we gave |
| ihr | schenktet | you (pl.) gave |
| sie/Sie | schenkten | they gave |
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 geschenkt | I have given |
| du | hast geschenkt | you have given |
| er/sie/es | hat geschenkt | he/she/it has given |
| wir | haben geschenkt | we have given |
| ihr | habt geschenkt | you (pl.) have given |
| sie/Sie | haben geschenkt | they have given |
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 geschenkt | I had given |
| du | hattest geschenkt | you had given |
| er/sie/es | hatte geschenkt | he/she/it had given |
| wir | hatten geschenkt | we had given |
| ihr | hattet geschenkt | you (pl.) had given |
| sie/Sie | hatten geschenkt | they had given |
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 schenken | I will give |
| du | wirst schenken | you will give |
| er/sie/es | wird schenken | he/she/it will give |
| wir | werden schenken | we will give |
| ihr | werdet schenken | you (pl.) will give |
| sie/Sie | werden schenken | they will give |
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 geschenkt haben | I will have given |
| du | wirst geschenkt haben | you will have given |
| er/sie/es | wird geschenkt haben | he/she/it will have given |
| wir | werden geschenkt haben | we will have given |
| ihr | werdet geschenkt haben | you (pl.) will have given |
| sie/Sie | werden geschenkt haben | they will have given |
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 | schenkte |
| du | schenktest |
| er/sie/es | schenkte |
| wir | schenkten |
| ihr | schenktet |
| sie/Sie | schenkten |
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 | schenke |
| ihr | schenkt |