segnen — German conjugation

to bless

Frequency#795Regular

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
ichsegneI bless
dusegnestyou bless
er/sie/essegnethe/she/it blesses
wirsegnenwe bless
ihrsegnetyou (pl.) bless
sie/Siesegnenthey bless

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
ichsegneteI blessed
dusegnetestyou blessed
er/sie/essegnetehe/she/it blessed
wirsegnetenwe blessed
ihrsegnetetyou (pl.) blessed
sie/Siesegnetenthey blessed

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 gesegnetI have blessed
duhast gesegnetyou have blessed
er/sie/eshat gesegnethe/she/it has blessed
wirhaben gesegnetwe have blessed
ihrhabt gesegnetyou (pl.) have blessed
sie/Siehaben gesegnetthey have blessed

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 gesegnetI had blessed
duhattest gesegnetyou had blessed
er/sie/eshatte gesegnethe/she/it had blessed
wirhatten gesegnetwe had blessed
ihrhattet gesegnetyou (pl.) had blessed
sie/Siehatten gesegnetthey had blessed

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 segnenI will bless
duwirst segnenyou will bless
er/sie/eswird segnenhe/she/it will bless
wirwerden segnenwe will bless
ihrwerdet segnenyou (pl.) will bless
sie/Siewerden segnenthey will bless

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

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
ichsegnete
dusegnetest
er/sie/essegnete
wirsegneten
ihrsegnetet
sie/Siesegneten

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
dusegne
ihrsegnet