verarbeiten — German conjugation

to process

Frequency#589Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichverarbeiteI process
duverarbeitestyou process
er/sie/esverarbeitethe/she/it processes
wirverarbeitenwe process
ihrverarbeitetyou (pl.) process
sie/Sieverarbeitenthey process

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichverarbeiteteI processed
duverarbeitetestyou processed
er/sie/esverarbeitetehe/she/it processed
wirverarbeitetenwe processed
ihrverarbeitetetyou (pl.) processed
sie/Sieverarbeitetenthey processed

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe verarbeitetI have processed
duhast verarbeitetyou have processed
er/sie/eshat verarbeitethe/she/it has processed
wirhaben verarbeitetwe have processed
ihrhabt verarbeitetyou (pl.) have processed
sie/Siehaben verarbeitetthey have processed

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte verarbeitetI had processed
duhattest verarbeitetyou had processed
er/sie/eshatte verarbeitethe/she/it had processed
wirhatten verarbeitetwe had processed
ihrhattet verarbeitetyou (pl.) had processed
sie/Siehatten verarbeitetthey had processed

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde verarbeitenI will process
duwirst verarbeitenyou will process
er/sie/eswird verarbeitenhe/she/it will process
wirwerden verarbeitenwe will process
ihrwerdet verarbeitenyou (pl.) will process
sie/Siewerden verarbeitenthey will process

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde verarbeitet habenI will have processed
duwirst verarbeitet habenyou will have processed
er/sie/eswird verarbeitet habenhe/she/it will have processed
wirwerden verarbeitet habenwe will have processed
ihrwerdet verarbeitet habenyou (pl.) will have processed
sie/Siewerden verarbeitet habenthey will have processed

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?

PronounGerman
ichverarbeitete
duverarbeitetest
er/sie/esverarbeitete
wirverarbeiteten
ihrverarbeitetet
sie/Sieverarbeiteten

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.

PronounGerman
duverarbeite
ihrverarbeitet