verdünnen — German conjugation

to dilute

Frequency#1262Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichverdünneI dilute
duverdünnstyou dilute
er/sie/esverdünnthe/she/it dilutes
wirverdünnenwe dilute
ihrverdünntyou (pl.) dilute
sie/Sieverdünnenthey dilute

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichverdünnteI diluted
duverdünntestyou diluted
er/sie/esverdünntehe/she/it diluted
wirverdünntenwe diluted
ihrverdünntetyou (pl.) diluted
sie/Sieverdünntenthey diluted

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe verdünntI have diluted
duhast verdünntyou have diluted
er/sie/eshat verdünnthe/she/it has diluted
wirhaben verdünntwe have diluted
ihrhabt verdünntyou (pl.) have diluted
sie/Siehaben verdünntthey have diluted

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte verdünntI had diluted
duhattest verdünntyou had diluted
er/sie/eshatte verdünnthe/she/it had diluted
wirhatten verdünntwe had diluted
ihrhattet verdünntyou (pl.) had diluted
sie/Siehatten verdünntthey had diluted

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde verdünnenI will dilute
duwirst verdünnenyou will dilute
er/sie/eswird verdünnenhe/she/it will dilute
wirwerden verdünnenwe will dilute
ihrwerdet verdünnenyou (pl.) will dilute
sie/Siewerden verdünnenthey will dilute

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde verdünnt habenI will have diluted
duwirst verdünnt habenyou will have diluted
er/sie/eswird verdünnt habenhe/she/it will have diluted
wirwerden verdünnt habenwe will have diluted
ihrwerdet verdünnt habenyou (pl.) will have diluted
sie/Siewerden verdünnt habenthey will have diluted

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?

PronounGerman
ichverdünnte
duverdünntest
er/sie/esverdünnte
wirverdünnten
ihrverdünntet
sie/Sieverdünnten

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.

PronounGerman
duverdünne
ihrverdünnt