veralbern — German conjugation
to tease
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 | veralbere | I tease |
| du | veralberst | you tease |
| er/sie/es | veralbert | he/she/it teases |
| wir | veralbern | we tease |
| ihr | veralbert | you (pl.) tease |
| sie/Sie | veralbern | they tease |
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 | veralberte | I teased |
| du | veralbertest | you teased |
| er/sie/es | veralberte | he/she/it teased |
| wir | veralberten | we teased |
| ihr | veralbertet | you (pl.) teased |
| sie/Sie | veralberten | they teased |
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 veralbert | I have teased |
| du | hast veralbert | you have teased |
| er/sie/es | hat veralbert | he/she/it has teased |
| wir | haben veralbert | we have teased |
| ihr | habt veralbert | you (pl.) have teased |
| sie/Sie | haben veralbert | they have teased |
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 veralbert | I had teased |
| du | hattest veralbert | you had teased |
| er/sie/es | hatte veralbert | he/she/it had teased |
| wir | hatten veralbert | we had teased |
| ihr | hattet veralbert | you (pl.) had teased |
| sie/Sie | hatten veralbert | they had teased |
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 veralbern | I will tease |
| du | wirst veralbern | you will tease |
| er/sie/es | wird veralbern | he/she/it will tease |
| wir | werden veralbern | we will tease |
| ihr | werdet veralbern | you (pl.) will tease |
| sie/Sie | werden veralbern | they will tease |
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 veralbert haben | I will have teased |
| du | wirst veralbert haben | you will have teased |
| er/sie/es | wird veralbert haben | he/she/it will have teased |
| wir | werden veralbert haben | we will have teased |
| ihr | werdet veralbert haben | you (pl.) will have teased |
| sie/Sie | werden veralbert haben | they will have teased |
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 | veralberte |
| du | veralbertest |
| er/sie/es | veralberte |
| wir | veralberten |
| ihr | veralbertet |
| sie/Sie | veralberten |
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 | veralbere |
| ihr | veralbert |