verbinden — German conjugation
to connect
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 | verbinde | I connect |
| du | verbindest | you connect |
| er/sie/es | verbindet | he/she/it connects |
| wir | verbinden | we connect |
| ihr | verbindet | you (pl.) connect |
| sie/Sie | verbinden | they connect |
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 | verband | I connected |
| du | verbandest | you connected |
| er/sie/es | verband | he/she/it connected |
| wir | verbanden | we connected |
| ihr | verbandet | you (pl.) connected |
| sie/Sie | verbanden | they connected |
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 verbunden | I have connected |
| du | hast verbunden | you have connected |
| er/sie/es | hat verbunden | he/she/it has connected |
| wir | haben verbunden | we have connected |
| ihr | habt verbunden | you (pl.) have connected |
| sie/Sie | haben verbunden | they have connected |
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 verbunden | I had connected |
| du | hattest verbunden | you had connected |
| er/sie/es | hatte verbunden | he/she/it had connected |
| wir | hatten verbunden | we had connected |
| ihr | hattet verbunden | you (pl.) had connected |
| sie/Sie | hatten verbunden | they had connected |
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 verbinden | I will connect |
| du | wirst verbinden | you will connect |
| er/sie/es | wird verbinden | he/she/it will connect |
| wir | werden verbinden | we will connect |
| ihr | werdet verbinden | you (pl.) will connect |
| sie/Sie | werden verbinden | they will connect |
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 verbunden haben | I will have connected |
| du | wirst verbunden haben | you will have connected |
| er/sie/es | wird verbunden haben | he/she/it will have connected |
| wir | werden verbunden haben | we will have connected |
| ihr | werdet verbunden haben | you (pl.) will have connected |
| sie/Sie | werden verbunden haben | they will have connected |
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 | verbände |
| du | verbändest |
| er/sie/es | verbände |
| wir | verbänden |
| ihr | verbändet |
| sie/Sie | verbänden |
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 | verbinde |
| ihr | verbindet |