sengen — German conjugation

to bleed

Frequency#2437Regular

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
ichsengeI bleed
dusengstyou bleed
er/sie/essengthe/she/it bleeds
wirsengenwe bleed
ihrsengtyou (pl.) bleed
sie/Siesengenthey bleed

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
ichsengteI bled
dusengtestyou bled
er/sie/essengtehe/she/it bled
wirsengtenwe bled
ihrsengtetyou (pl.) bled
sie/Siesengtenthey bled

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 gesengtI have bled
duhast gesengtyou have bled
er/sie/eshat gesengthe/she/it has bled
wirhaben gesengtwe have bled
ihrhabt gesengtyou (pl.) have bled
sie/Siehaben gesengtthey have bled

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 gesengtI had bled
duhattest gesengtyou had bled
er/sie/eshatte gesengthe/she/it had bled
wirhatten gesengtwe had bled
ihrhattet gesengtyou (pl.) had bled
sie/Siehatten gesengtthey had bled

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 sengenI will bleed
duwirst sengenyou will bleed
er/sie/eswird sengenhe/she/it will bleed
wirwerden sengenwe will bleed
ihrwerdet sengenyou (pl.) will bleed
sie/Siewerden sengenthey will bleed

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

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
ichsengte
dusengtest
er/sie/essengte
wirsengten
ihrsengtet
sie/Siesengten

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
dusenge
ihrsengt