umbringen — German conjugation
to kill, to murder, to do away with
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 | bringe um | I kill |
| du | bringst um | you kill |
| er/sie/es | bringt um | he/she/it kills |
| wir | bringen um | we kill |
| ihr | bringt um | you (pl.) kill |
| sie/Sie | bringen um | they kill |
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 | brachte um | I killed |
| du | brachtest um | you killed |
| er/sie/es | brachte um | he/she/it killed |
| wir | brachten um | we killed |
| ihr | brachtet um | you (pl.) killed |
| sie/Sie | brachten um | they killed |
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 umgebracht | I have killed |
| du | hast umgebracht | you have killed |
| er/sie/es | hat umgebracht | he/she/it has killed |
| wir | haben umgebracht | we have killed |
| ihr | habt umgebracht | you (pl.) have killed |
| sie/Sie | haben umgebracht | they have killed |
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 umgebracht | I had killed |
| du | hattest umgebracht | you had killed |
| er/sie/es | hatte umgebracht | he/she/it had killed |
| wir | hatten umgebracht | we had killed |
| ihr | hattet umgebracht | you (pl.) had killed |
| sie/Sie | hatten umgebracht | they had killed |
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 umbringen | I will kill |
| du | wirst umbringen | you will kill |
| er/sie/es | wird umbringen | he/she/it will kill |
| wir | werden umbringen | we will kill |
| ihr | werdet umbringen | you (pl.) will kill |
| sie/Sie | werden umbringen | they will kill |
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 umgebracht haben | I will have killed |
| du | wirst umgebracht haben | you will have killed |
| er/sie/es | wird umgebracht haben | he/she/it will have killed |
| wir | werden umgebracht haben | we will have killed |
| ihr | werdet umgebracht haben | you (pl.) will have killed |
| sie/Sie | werden umgebracht haben | they will have killed |
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 | brächte um |
| du | brächtest um |
| er/sie/es | brächte um |
| wir | brächten um |
| ihr | brächtet um |
| sie/Sie | brächten um |
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 | bringe um |
| ihr | bringt um |