sistieren — German conjugation
to sit down
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 | sistiere | I sit down |
| du | sistierst | you sit down |
| er/sie/es | sistiert | he/she/it sits down |
| wir | sistieren | we sit down |
| ihr | sistiert | you (pl.) sit down |
| sie/Sie | sistieren | they sit down |
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 | sistierte | I sat down |
| du | sistiertest | you sat down |
| er/sie/es | sistierte | he/she/it sat down |
| wir | sistierten | we sat down |
| ihr | sistiertet | you (pl.) sat down |
| sie/Sie | sistierten | they sat down |
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 sistiert | I have sat down |
| du | hast sistiert | you have sat down |
| er/sie/es | hat sistiert | he/she/it has sat down |
| wir | haben sistiert | we have sat down |
| ihr | habt sistiert | you (pl.) have sat down |
| sie/Sie | haben sistiert | they have sat down |
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 sistiert | I had sat down |
| du | hattest sistiert | you had sat down |
| er/sie/es | hatte sistiert | he/she/it had sat down |
| wir | hatten sistiert | we had sat down |
| ihr | hattet sistiert | you (pl.) had sat down |
| sie/Sie | hatten sistiert | they had sat down |
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 sistieren | I will sit down |
| du | wirst sistieren | you will sit down |
| er/sie/es | wird sistieren | he/she/it will sit down |
| wir | werden sistieren | we will sit down |
| ihr | werdet sistieren | you (pl.) will sit down |
| sie/Sie | werden sistieren | they will sit down |
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 sistiert haben | I will have sat down |
| du | wirst sistiert haben | you will have sat down |
| er/sie/es | wird sistiert haben | he/she/it will have sat down |
| wir | werden sistiert haben | we will have sat down |
| ihr | werdet sistiert haben | you (pl.) will have sat down |
| sie/Sie | werden sistiert haben | they will have sat down |
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 | sistierte |
| du | sistiertest |
| er/sie/es | sistierte |
| wir | sistierten |
| ihr | sistiertet |
| sie/Sie | sistierten |
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 | sistiere |
| ihr | sistiert |