verdenken — German conjugation
to hold against
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 | verdenke | I hold against |
| du | verdenkst | you hold against |
| er/sie/es | verdenkt | he/she/it holds against |
| wir | verdenken | we hold against |
| ihr | verdenkt | you (pl.) hold against |
| sie/Sie | verdenken | they hold against |
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 | verdachte | I held against |
| du | verdachtest | you held against |
| er/sie/es | verdachte | he/she/it held against |
| wir | verdachten | we held against |
| ihr | verdachtet | you (pl.) held against |
| sie/Sie | verdachten | they held against |
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 verdacht | I have held against |
| du | hast verdacht | you have held against |
| er/sie/es | hat verdacht | he/she/it has held against |
| wir | haben verdacht | we have held against |
| ihr | habt verdacht | you (pl.) have held against |
| sie/Sie | haben verdacht | they have held against |
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 verdacht | I had held against |
| du | hattest verdacht | you had held against |
| er/sie/es | hatte verdacht | he/she/it had held against |
| wir | hatten verdacht | we had held against |
| ihr | hattet verdacht | you (pl.) had held against |
| sie/Sie | hatten verdacht | they had held against |
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 verdenken | I will hold against |
| du | wirst verdenken | you will hold against |
| er/sie/es | wird verdenken | he/she/it will hold against |
| wir | werden verdenken | we will hold against |
| ihr | werdet verdenken | you (pl.) will hold against |
| sie/Sie | werden verdenken | they will hold against |
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 verdacht haben | I will have held against |
| du | wirst verdacht haben | you will have held against |
| er/sie/es | wird verdacht haben | he/she/it will have held against |
| wir | werden verdacht haben | we will have held against |
| ihr | werdet verdacht haben | you (pl.) will have held against |
| sie/Sie | werden verdacht haben | they will have held against |
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 | verdächte |
| du | verdächtest |
| er/sie/es | verdächte |
| wir | verdächten |
| ihr | verdächtet |
| sie/Sie | verdächten |
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 | verdenke |
| ihr | verdenkt |