verarmen — German conjugation
to impoverish
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 | verarme | I impoverish |
| du | verarmst | you impoverish |
| er/sie/es | verarmt | he/she/it impoverishes |
| wir | verarmen | we impoverish |
| ihr | verarmt | you (pl.) impoverish |
| sie/Sie | verarmen | they impoverish |
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 | verarmte | I impoverished |
| du | verarmtest | you impoverished |
| er/sie/es | verarmte | he/she/it impoverished |
| wir | verarmten | we impoverished |
| ihr | verarmtet | you (pl.) impoverished |
| sie/Sie | verarmten | they impoverished |
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 | bin verarmt | I have impoverished |
| du | bist verarmt | you have impoverished |
| er/sie/es | ist verarmt | he/she/it has impoverished |
| wir | sind verarmt | we have impoverished |
| ihr | seid verarmt | you (pl.) have impoverished |
| sie/Sie | sind verarmt | they have impoverished |
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 | war verarmt | I had impoverished |
| du | warst verarmt | you had impoverished |
| er/sie/es | war verarmt | he/she/it had impoverished |
| wir | waren verarmt | we had impoverished |
| ihr | wart verarmt | you (pl.) had impoverished |
| sie/Sie | waren verarmt | they had impoverished |
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 verarmen | I will impoverish |
| du | wirst verarmen | you will impoverish |
| er/sie/es | wird verarmen | he/she/it will impoverish |
| wir | werden verarmen | we will impoverish |
| ihr | werdet verarmen | you (pl.) will impoverish |
| sie/Sie | werden verarmen | they will impoverish |
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 verarmt sein | I will have impoverished |
| du | wirst verarmt sein | you will have impoverished |
| er/sie/es | wird verarmt sein | he/she/it will have impoverished |
| wir | werden verarmt sein | we will have impoverished |
| ihr | werdet verarmt sein | you (pl.) will have impoverished |
| sie/Sie | werden verarmt sein | they will have impoverished |
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 | verarmte |
| du | verarmtest |
| er/sie/es | verarmte |
| wir | verarmten |
| ihr | verarmtet |
| sie/Sie | verarmten |
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 | verarme |
| ihr | verarmt |