verbleien — German conjugation
to remain
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 | verbleie | I remain |
| du | verbleist | you remain |
| er/sie/es | verbleit | he/she/it remains |
| wir | verbleien | we remain |
| ihr | verbleit | you (pl.) remain |
| sie/Sie | verbleien | they remain |
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 | verbleite | I remained |
| du | verbleitest | you remained |
| er/sie/es | verbleite | he/she/it remained |
| wir | verbleiten | we remained |
| ihr | verbleitet | you (pl.) remained |
| sie/Sie | verbleiten | they remained |
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 | habe verbleit | I have remained |
| du | hast verbleit | you have remained |
| er/sie/es | hat verbleit | he/she/it has remained |
| wir | haben verbleit | we have remained |
| ihr | habt verbleit | you (pl.) have remained |
| sie/Sie | haben verbleit | they have remained |
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 | hatte verbleit | I had remained |
| du | hattest verbleit | you had remained |
| er/sie/es | hatte verbleit | he/she/it had remained |
| wir | hatten verbleit | we had remained |
| ihr | hattet verbleit | you (pl.) had remained |
| sie/Sie | hatten verbleit | they had remained |
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 verbleien | I will remain |
| du | wirst verbleien | you will remain |
| er/sie/es | wird verbleien | he/she/it will remain |
| wir | werden verbleien | we will remain |
| ihr | werdet verbleien | you (pl.) will remain |
| sie/Sie | werden verbleien | they will remain |
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 verbleit haben | I will have remained |
| du | wirst verbleit haben | you will have remained |
| er/sie/es | wird verbleit haben | he/she/it will have remained |
| wir | werden verbleit haben | we will have remained |
| ihr | werdet verbleit haben | you (pl.) will have remained |
| sie/Sie | werden verbleit haben | they will have remained |
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 | verbleite |
| du | verbleitest |
| er/sie/es | verbleite |
| wir | verbleiten |
| ihr | verbleitet |
| sie/Sie | verbleiten |
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 | verbleie |
| ihr | verbleit |