verfärben — German conjugation
to discolor
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 | verfärbe | I discolor |
| du | verfärbst | you discolor |
| er/sie/es | verfärbt | he/she/it discolors |
| wir | verfärben | we discolor |
| ihr | verfärbt | you (pl.) discolor |
| sie/Sie | verfärben | they discolor |
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 | verfärbte | I discolored |
| du | verfärbtest | you discolored |
| er/sie/es | verfärbte | he/she/it discolored |
| wir | verfärbten | we discolored |
| ihr | verfärbtet | you (pl.) discolored |
| sie/Sie | verfärbten | they discolored |
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 verfärbt | I have discolored |
| du | hast verfärbt | you have discolored |
| er/sie/es | hat verfärbt | he/she/it has discolored |
| wir | haben verfärbt | we have discolored |
| ihr | habt verfärbt | you (pl.) have discolored |
| sie/Sie | haben verfärbt | they have discolored |
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 verfärbt | I had discolored |
| du | hattest verfärbt | you had discolored |
| er/sie/es | hatte verfärbt | he/she/it had discolored |
| wir | hatten verfärbt | we had discolored |
| ihr | hattet verfärbt | you (pl.) had discolored |
| sie/Sie | hatten verfärbt | they had discolored |
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 verfärben | I will discolor |
| du | wirst verfärben | you will discolor |
| er/sie/es | wird verfärben | he/she/it will discolor |
| wir | werden verfärben | we will discolor |
| ihr | werdet verfärben | you (pl.) will discolor |
| sie/Sie | werden verfärben | they will discolor |
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 verfärbt haben | I will have discolored |
| du | wirst verfärbt haben | you will have discolored |
| er/sie/es | wird verfärbt haben | he/she/it will have discolored |
| wir | werden verfärbt haben | we will have discolored |
| ihr | werdet verfärbt haben | you (pl.) will have discolored |
| sie/Sie | werden verfärbt haben | they will have discolored |
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 | verfärbte |
| du | verfärbtest |
| er/sie/es | verfärbte |
| wir | verfärbten |
| ihr | verfärbtet |
| sie/Sie | verfärbten |
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 | verfärbe |
| ihr | verfärbt |