verbergen — German conjugation
to hide
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Irregular
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 | verberge | I hide |
| du | verbirgst | you hide |
| er/sie/es | verbirgt | he/she/it hides |
| wir | verbergen | we hide |
| ihr | verbergt | you (pl.) hide |
| sie/Sie | verbergen | they hide |
Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular
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 | verbarg | I hid |
| du | verbargst | you hid |
| er/sie/es | verbarg | he/she/it hid |
| wir | verbargen | we hid |
| ihr | verbargt | you (pl.) hid |
| sie/Sie | verbargen | they hid |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular
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 verborgen | I have hidden |
| du | hast verborgen | you have hidden |
| er/sie/es | hat verborgen | he/she/it has hidden |
| wir | haben verborgen | we have hidden |
| ihr | habt verborgen | you (pl.) have hidden |
| sie/Sie | haben verborgen | they have hidden |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular
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 verborgen | I had hidden |
| du | hattest verborgen | you had hidden |
| er/sie/es | hatte verborgen | he/she/it had hidden |
| wir | hatten verborgen | we had hidden |
| ihr | hattet verborgen | you (pl.) had hidden |
| sie/Sie | hatten verborgen | they had hidden |
Future I (Futur I) Irregular
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 verbergen | I will hide |
| du | wirst verbergen | you will hide |
| er/sie/es | wird verbergen | he/she/it will hide |
| wir | werden verbergen | we will hide |
| ihr | werdet verbergen | you (pl.) will hide |
| sie/Sie | werden verbergen | they will hide |
Future II (Futur II) Irregular
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 verborgen haben | I will have hidden |
| du | wirst verborgen haben | you will have hidden |
| er/sie/es | wird verborgen haben | he/she/it will have hidden |
| wir | werden verborgen haben | we will have hidden |
| ihr | werdet verborgen haben | you (pl.) will have hidden |
| sie/Sie | werden verborgen haben | they will have hidden |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular
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 | verbärge |
| du | verbärgest |
| er/sie/es | verbärge |
| wir | verbärgen |
| ihr | verbärget |
| sie/Sie | verbärgen |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular
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 | verbirg |
| ihr | verbergt |