verbieten — German conjugation
to prohibit
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 | verbiete | I prohibit |
| du | verbietest | you prohibit |
| er/sie/es | verbietet | he/she/it prohibits |
| wir | verbieten | we prohibit |
| ihr | verbietet | you (pl.) prohibit |
| sie/Sie | verbieten | they prohibit |
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 | verbot | I prohibited |
| du | verbotest | you prohibited |
| er/sie/es | verbot | he/she/it prohibited |
| wir | verboten | we prohibited |
| ihr | verbotet | you (pl.) prohibited |
| sie/Sie | verboten | they prohibited |
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 verboten | I have prohibited |
| du | hast verboten | you have prohibited |
| er/sie/es | hat verboten | he/she/it has prohibited |
| wir | haben verboten | we have prohibited |
| ihr | habt verboten | you (pl.) have prohibited |
| sie/Sie | haben verboten | they have prohibited |
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 verboten | I had prohibited |
| du | hattest verboten | you had prohibited |
| er/sie/es | hatte verboten | he/she/it had prohibited |
| wir | hatten verboten | we had prohibited |
| ihr | hattet verboten | you (pl.) had prohibited |
| sie/Sie | hatten verboten | they had prohibited |
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 verbieten | I will prohibit |
| du | wirst verbieten | you will prohibit |
| er/sie/es | wird verbieten | he/she/it will prohibit |
| wir | werden verbieten | we will prohibit |
| ihr | werdet verbieten | you (pl.) will prohibit |
| sie/Sie | werden verbieten | they will prohibit |
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 verboten haben | I will have prohibited |
| du | wirst verboten haben | you will have prohibited |
| er/sie/es | wird verboten haben | he/she/it will have prohibited |
| wir | werden verboten haben | we will have prohibited |
| ihr | werdet verboten haben | you (pl.) will have prohibited |
| sie/Sie | werden verboten haben | they will have prohibited |
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 | verböte |
| du | verbötest |
| er/sie/es | verböte |
| wir | verböten |
| ihr | verbötet |
| sie/Sie | verböten |
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 | verbiete |
| ihr | verbietet |