vergießen — German conjugation
to shed (blood, sweat, tears)
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 | vergieße | I shed |
| du | vergießt | you shed |
| er/sie/es | vergießt | he/she/it sheds |
| wir | vergießen | we shed |
| ihr | vergießt | you (pl.) shed |
| sie/Sie | vergießen | they shed |
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 | vergoss | I shed |
| du | vergossest | you shed |
| er/sie/es | vergoss | he/she/it shed |
| wir | vergossen | we shed |
| ihr | vergosst | you (pl.) shed |
| sie/Sie | vergossen | they shed |
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 vergossen | I have shed |
| du | hast vergossen | you have shed |
| er/sie/es | hat vergossen | he/she/it has shed |
| wir | haben vergossen | we have shed |
| ihr | habt vergossen | you (pl.) have shed |
| sie/Sie | haben vergossen | they have shed |
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 vergossen | I had shed |
| du | hattest vergossen | you had shed |
| er/sie/es | hatte vergossen | he/she/it had shed |
| wir | hatten vergossen | we had shed |
| ihr | hattet vergossen | you (pl.) had shed |
| sie/Sie | hatten vergossen | they had shed |
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 vergießen | I will shed |
| du | wirst vergießen | you will shed |
| er/sie/es | wird vergießen | he/she/it will shed |
| wir | werden vergießen | we will shed |
| ihr | werdet vergießen | you (pl.) will shed |
| sie/Sie | werden vergießen | they will shed |
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 vergossen haben | I will have shed |
| du | wirst vergossen haben | you will have shed |
| er/sie/es | wird vergossen haben | he/she/it will have shed |
| wir | werden vergossen haben | we will have shed |
| ihr | werdet vergossen haben | you (pl.) will have shed |
| sie/Sie | werden vergossen haben | they will have shed |
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 | vergösse |
| du | vergössest |
| er/sie/es | vergösse |
| wir | vergössen |
| ihr | vergösset |
| sie/Sie | vergössen |
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 | vergieße |
| ihr | vergießt |