schinden — German conjugation
to exploit
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 | schinde | I exploit |
| du | schindest | you exploit |
| er/sie/es | schindet | he/she/it exploits |
| wir | schinden | we exploit |
| ihr | schindet | you (pl.) exploit |
| sie/Sie | schinden | they exploit |
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 | schindete | I exploited |
| du | schindetest | you exploited |
| er/sie/es | schindete | he/she/it exploited |
| wir | schindeten | we exploited |
| ihr | schindetet | you (pl.) exploited |
| sie/Sie | schindeten | they exploited |
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 geschunden | I have exploited |
| du | hast geschunden | you have exploited |
| er/sie/es | hat geschunden | he/she/it has exploited |
| wir | haben geschunden | we have exploited |
| ihr | habt geschunden | you (pl.) have exploited |
| sie/Sie | haben geschunden | they have exploited |
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 geschunden | I had exploited |
| du | hattest geschunden | you had exploited |
| er/sie/es | hatte geschunden | he/she/it had exploited |
| wir | hatten geschunden | we had exploited |
| ihr | hattet geschunden | you (pl.) had exploited |
| sie/Sie | hatten geschunden | they had exploited |
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 schinden | I will exploit |
| du | wirst schinden | you will exploit |
| er/sie/es | wird schinden | he/she/it will exploit |
| wir | werden schinden | we will exploit |
| ihr | werdet schinden | you (pl.) will exploit |
| sie/Sie | werden schinden | they will exploit |
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 geschunden haben | I will have exploited |
| du | wirst geschunden haben | you will have exploited |
| er/sie/es | wird geschunden haben | he/she/it will have exploited |
| wir | werden geschunden haben | we will have exploited |
| ihr | werdet geschunden haben | you (pl.) will have exploited |
| sie/Sie | werden geschunden haben | they will have exploited |
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 | schünde |
| du | schündest |
| er/sie/es | schünde |
| wir | schünden |
| ihr | schündet |
| sie/Sie | schünden |
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 | schinde |
| ihr | schindet |