schmähen — German conjugation

to revile; mock; verbally abuse

Frequency#2334Regular

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
ichschmäheI revile
duschmähstyou revile
er/sie/esschmähthe/she/it reviles
wirschmähenwe revile
ihrschmähtyou (pl.) revile
sie/Sieschmähenthey revile

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
ichschmähteI reviled
duschmähtestyou reviled
er/sie/esschmähtehe/she/it reviled
wirschmähtenwe reviled
ihrschmähtetyou (pl.) reviled
sie/Sieschmähtenthey reviled

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 geschmähtI have reviled
duhast geschmähtyou have reviled
er/sie/eshat geschmähthe/she/it has reviled
wirhaben geschmähtwe have reviled
ihrhabt geschmähtyou (pl.) have reviled
sie/Siehaben geschmähtthey have reviled

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 geschmähtI had reviled
duhattest geschmähtyou had reviled
er/sie/eshatte geschmähthe/she/it had reviled
wirhatten geschmähtwe had reviled
ihrhattet geschmähtyou (pl.) had reviled
sie/Siehatten geschmähtthey had reviled

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 schmähenI will revile
duwirst schmähenyou will revile
er/sie/eswird schmähenhe/she/it will revile
wirwerden schmähenwe will revile
ihrwerdet schmähenyou (pl.) will revile
sie/Siewerden schmähenthey will revile

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

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
ichschmähte
duschmähtest
er/sie/esschmähte
wirschmähten
ihrschmähtet
sie/Sieschmähten

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
duschmähe
ihrschmäht