vergeben — German conjugation

to forgive

Frequency#582Irregular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichvergebeI forgive
duvergibstyou forgive
er/sie/esvergibthe/she/it forgives
wirvergebenwe forgive
ihrvergebtyou (pl.) forgive
sie/Sievergebenthey forgive

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichvergabI forgave
duvergabstyou forgave
er/sie/esvergabhe/she/it forgave
wirvergabenwe forgave
ihrvergabtyou (pl.) forgave
sie/Sievergabenthey forgave

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe vergebenI have forgiven
duhast vergebenyou have forgiven
er/sie/eshat vergebenhe/she/it has forgiven
wirhaben vergebenwe have forgiven
ihrhabt vergebenyou (pl.) have forgiven
sie/Siehaben vergebenthey have forgiven

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte vergebenI had forgiven
duhattest vergebenyou had forgiven
er/sie/eshatte vergebenhe/she/it had forgiven
wirhatten vergebenwe had forgiven
ihrhattet vergebenyou (pl.) had forgiven
sie/Siehatten vergebenthey had forgiven

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde vergebenI will forgive
duwirst vergebenyou will forgive
er/sie/eswird vergebenhe/she/it will forgive
wirwerden vergebenwe will forgive
ihrwerdet vergebenyou (pl.) will forgive
sie/Siewerden vergebenthey will forgive

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.

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

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?

PronounGerman
ichvergäbe
duvergäbest
er/sie/esvergäbe
wirvergäben
ihrvergäbet
sie/Sievergäben

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.

PronounGerman
duvergib
ihrvergebt