verarbeiten — German conjugation
to process
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 | verarbeite | I process |
| du | verarbeitest | you process |
| er/sie/es | verarbeitet | he/she/it processes |
| wir | verarbeiten | we process |
| ihr | verarbeitet | you (pl.) process |
| sie/Sie | verarbeiten | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | verarbeitete | I processed |
| du | verarbeitetest | you processed |
| er/sie/es | verarbeitete | he/she/it processed |
| wir | verarbeiteten | we processed |
| ihr | verarbeitetet | you (pl.) processed |
| sie/Sie | verarbeiteten | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe verarbeitet | I have processed |
| du | hast verarbeitet | you have processed |
| er/sie/es | hat verarbeitet | he/she/it has processed |
| wir | haben verarbeitet | we have processed |
| ihr | habt verarbeitet | you (pl.) have processed |
| sie/Sie | haben verarbeitet | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte verarbeitet | I had processed |
| du | hattest verarbeitet | you had processed |
| er/sie/es | hatte verarbeitet | he/she/it had processed |
| wir | hatten verarbeitet | we had processed |
| ihr | hattet verarbeitet | you (pl.) had processed |
| sie/Sie | hatten verarbeitet | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde verarbeiten | I will process |
| du | wirst verarbeiten | you will process |
| er/sie/es | wird verarbeiten | he/she/it will process |
| wir | werden verarbeiten | we will process |
| ihr | werdet verarbeiten | you (pl.) will process |
| sie/Sie | werden verarbeiten | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde verarbeitet haben | I will have processed |
| du | wirst verarbeitet haben | you will have processed |
| er/sie/es | wird verarbeitet haben | he/she/it will have processed |
| wir | werden verarbeitet haben | we will have processed |
| ihr | werdet verarbeitet haben | you (pl.) will have processed |
| sie/Sie | werden verarbeitet haben | they 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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | verarbeitete |
| du | verarbeitetest |
| er/sie/es | verarbeitete |
| wir | verarbeiteten |
| ihr | verarbeitetet |
| sie/Sie | verarbeiteten |
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 | verarbeite |
| ihr | verarbeitet |