verdunsten — German conjugation

to evaporate

Frequency#1833Regular

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
ichverdunsteI evaporate
duverdunstestyou evaporate
er/sie/esverdunstethe/she/it evaporates
wirverdunstenwe evaporate
ihrverdunstetyou (pl.) evaporate
sie/Sieverdunstenthey evaporate

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
ichverdunsteteI evaporated
duverdunstetestyou evaporated
er/sie/esverdunstetehe/she/it evaporated
wirverdunstetenwe evaporated
ihrverdunstetetyou (pl.) evaporated
sie/Sieverdunstetenthey evaporated

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
ichbin verdunstetI have evaporated
dubist verdunstetyou have evaporated
er/sie/esist verdunstethe/she/it has evaporated
wirsind verdunstetwe have evaporated
ihrseid verdunstetyou (pl.) have evaporated
sie/Siesind verdunstetthey have evaporated

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
ichwar verdunstetI had evaporated
duwarst verdunstetyou had evaporated
er/sie/eswar verdunstethe/she/it had evaporated
wirwaren verdunstetwe had evaporated
ihrwart verdunstetyou (pl.) had evaporated
sie/Siewaren verdunstetthey had evaporated

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 verdunstenI will evaporate
duwirst verdunstenyou will evaporate
er/sie/eswird verdunstenhe/she/it will evaporate
wirwerden verdunstenwe will evaporate
ihrwerdet verdunstenyou (pl.) will evaporate
sie/Siewerden verdunstenthey will evaporate

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 verdunstet seinI will have evaporated
duwirst verdunstet seinyou will have evaporated
er/sie/eswird verdunstet seinhe/she/it will have evaporated
wirwerden verdunstet seinwe will have evaporated
ihrwerdet verdunstet seinyou (pl.) will have evaporated
sie/Siewerden verdunstet seinthey will have evaporated

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
ichverdunstete
duverdunstetest
er/sie/esverdunstete
wirverdunsteten
ihrverdunstetet
sie/Sieverdunsteten

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
duverdunste
ihrverdunstet