vergilben — German conjugation
to yellow
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 | vergilbe | I yellow |
| du | vergilbst | you yellow |
| er/sie/es | vergilbt | he/she/it yellows |
| wir | vergilben | we yellow |
| ihr | vergilbt | you (pl.) yellow |
| sie/Sie | vergilben | they yellow |
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 | vergilbte | I yellowed |
| du | vergilbtest | you yellowed |
| er/sie/es | vergilbte | he/she/it yellowed |
| wir | vergilbten | we yellowed |
| ihr | vergilbtet | you (pl.) yellowed |
| sie/Sie | vergilbten | they yellowed |
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 | bin vergilbt | I have yellowed |
| du | bist vergilbt | you have yellowed |
| er/sie/es | ist vergilbt | he/she/it has yellowed |
| wir | sind vergilbt | we have yellowed |
| ihr | seid vergilbt | you (pl.) have yellowed |
| sie/Sie | sind vergilbt | they have yellowed |
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 | war vergilbt | I had yellowed |
| du | warst vergilbt | you had yellowed |
| er/sie/es | war vergilbt | he/she/it had yellowed |
| wir | waren vergilbt | we had yellowed |
| ihr | wart vergilbt | you (pl.) had yellowed |
| sie/Sie | waren vergilbt | they had yellowed |
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 vergilben | I will yellow |
| du | wirst vergilben | you will yellow |
| er/sie/es | wird vergilben | he/she/it will yellow |
| wir | werden vergilben | we will yellow |
| ihr | werdet vergilben | you (pl.) will yellow |
| sie/Sie | werden vergilben | they will yellow |
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 vergilbt sein | I will have yellowed |
| du | wirst vergilbt sein | you will have yellowed |
| er/sie/es | wird vergilbt sein | he/she/it will have yellowed |
| wir | werden vergilbt sein | we will have yellowed |
| ihr | werdet vergilbt sein | you (pl.) will have yellowed |
| sie/Sie | werden vergilbt sein | they will have yellowed |
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 | vergilbte |
| du | vergilbtest |
| er/sie/es | vergilbte |
| wir | vergilbten |
| ihr | vergilbtet |
| sie/Sie | vergilbten |
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 | vergilbe |
| ihr | vergilbt |