verbleiben — German conjugation

to remain

Frequency#1261Irregular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichverbleibeI remain
duverbleibstyou remain
er/sie/esverbleibthe/she/it remains
wirverbleibenwe remain
ihrverbleibtyou (pl.) remain
sie/Sieverbleibenthey remain

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichverbliebI remained
duverbliebstyou remained
er/sie/esverbliebhe/she/it remained
wirverbliebenwe remained
ihrverbliebtyou (pl.) remained
sie/Sieverbliebenthey remained

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichbin verbliebenI have remained
dubist verbliebenyou have remained
er/sie/esist verbliebenhe/she/it has remained
wirsind verbliebenwe have remained
ihrseid verbliebenyou (pl.) have remained
sie/Siesind verbliebenthey have remained

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwar verbliebenI had remained
duwarst verbliebenyou had remained
er/sie/eswar verbliebenhe/she/it had remained
wirwaren verbliebenwe had remained
ihrwart verbliebenyou (pl.) had remained
sie/Siewaren verbliebenthey had remained

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde verbleibenI will remain
duwirst verbleibenyou will remain
er/sie/eswird verbleibenhe/she/it will remain
wirwerden verbleibenwe will remain
ihrwerdet verbleibenyou (pl.) will remain
sie/Siewerden verbleibenthey will remain

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde verblieben seinI will have remained
duwirst verblieben seinyou will have remained
er/sie/eswird verblieben seinhe/she/it will have remained
wirwerden verblieben seinwe will have remained
ihrwerdet verblieben seinyou (pl.) will have remained
sie/Siewerden verblieben seinthey will have remained

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?

PronounGerman
ichverbliebe
duverbliebest
er/sie/esverbliebe
wirverblieben
ihrverbliebet
sie/Sieverblieben

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.

PronounGerman
duverbleibe
ihrverbleibt