verabreden (sich) — German conjugation
to arrange (oneself)
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 | verabrede mich | I arrange |
| du | verabredest dich | you arrange |
| er/sie/es | verabredet sich | he/she/it arranges |
| wir | verabreden uns | we arrange |
| ihr | verabredet euch | you (pl.) arrange |
| sie/Sie | verabreden sich | they arrange |
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 | verabredete mich | I arranged |
| du | verabredetest dich | you arranged |
| er/sie/es | verabredete sich | he/she/it arranged |
| wir | verabredeten uns | we arranged |
| ihr | verabredetet euch | you (pl.) arranged |
| sie/Sie | verabredeten sich | they arranged |
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 mich verabredet | I have arranged |
| du | hast dich verabredet | you have arranged |
| er/sie/es | hat sich verabredet | he/she/it has arranged |
| wir | haben uns verabredet | we have arranged |
| ihr | habt euch verabredet | you (pl.) have arranged |
| sie/Sie | haben sich verabredet | they have arranged |
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 mich verabredet | I had arranged |
| du | hattest dich verabredet | you had arranged |
| er/sie/es | hatte sich verabredet | he/she/it had arranged |
| wir | hatten uns verabredet | we had arranged |
| ihr | hattet euch verabredet | you (pl.) had arranged |
| sie/Sie | hatten sich verabredet | they had arranged |
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 mich verabreden | I will arrange |
| du | wirst dich verabreden | you will arrange |
| er/sie/es | wird sich verabreden | he/she/it will arrange |
| wir | werden uns verabreden | we will arrange |
| ihr | werdet euch verabreden | you (pl.) will arrange |
| sie/Sie | werden sich verabreden | they will arrange |
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 mich verabredet haben | I will have arranged |
| du | wirst dich verabredet haben | you will have arranged |
| er/sie/es | wird sich verabredet haben | he/she/it will have arranged |
| wir | werden uns verabredet haben | we will have arranged |
| ihr | werdet euch verabredet haben | you (pl.) will have arranged |
| sie/Sie | werden sich verabredet haben | they will have arranged |
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 | verabredete mich |
| du | verabredetest dich |
| er/sie/es | verabredete sich |
| wir | verabredeten uns |
| ihr | verabredetet euch |
| sie/Sie | verabredeten sich |
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 | verabrede dich |
| ihr | verabredet euch |