unterliegen — German conjugation

to be subject to

Frequency#327Irregular

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	unterliege	I am subject to
du	unterliegst	you are subject to
er/sie/es	unterliegt	he/she/it is subject to
wir	unterliegen	we are subject to
ihr	unterliegt	you (pl.) are subject to
sie/Sie	unterliegen	they are subject to

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	unterlag	I was subject to
du	unterlagst	you were subject to
er/sie/es	unterlag	he/she/it was subject to
wir	unterlagen	we were subject to
ihr	unterlagt	you (pl.) were subject to
sie/Sie	unterlagen	they were subject to

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	bin unterlegen	I have been subject to
du	bist unterlegen	you have been subject to
er/sie/es	ist unterlegen	he/she/it has been subject to
wir	sind unterlegen	we have been subject to
ihr	seid unterlegen	you (pl.) have been subject to
sie/Sie	sind unterlegen	they have been subject to

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	war unterlegen	I had been subject to
du	warst unterlegen	you had been subject to
er/sie/es	war unterlegen	he/she/it had been subject to
wir	waren unterlegen	we had been subject to
ihr	wart unterlegen	you (pl.) had been subject to
sie/Sie	waren unterlegen	they had been subject to

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 unterliegen	I will be subject to
du	wirst unterliegen	you will be subject to
er/sie/es	wird unterliegen	he/she/it will be subject to
wir	werden unterliegen	we will be subject to
ihr	werdet unterliegen	you (pl.) will be subject to
sie/Sie	werden unterliegen	they will be subject to

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 unterlegen sein	I will have been subject to
du	wirst unterlegen sein	you will have been subject to
er/sie/es	wird unterlegen sein	he/she/it will have been subject to
wir	werden unterlegen sein	we will have been subject to
ihr	werdet unterlegen sein	you (pl.) will have been subject to
sie/Sie	werden unterlegen sein	they will have been subject to

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	unterläge
du	unterlägest
er/sie/es	unterläge
wir	unterlägen
ihr	unterläget
sie/Sie	unterlägen

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	unterliege
ihr	unterliegt