verheeren — German conjugation

to devastate

Frequency#2191Regular

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
ichverheereI devastate
duverheerstyou devastate
er/sie/esverheerthe/she/it devastates
wirverheerenwe devastate
ihrverheertyou (pl.) devastate
sie/Sieverheerenthey devastate

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
ichverheerteI devastated
duverheertestyou devastated
er/sie/esverheertehe/she/it devastated
wirverheertenwe devastated
ihrverheertetyou (pl.) devastated
sie/Sieverheertenthey devastated

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
ichhabe verheertI have devastated
duhast verheertyou have devastated
er/sie/eshat verheerthe/she/it has devastated
wirhaben verheertwe have devastated
ihrhabt verheertyou (pl.) have devastated
sie/Siehaben verheertthey have devastated

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
ichhatte verheertI had devastated
duhattest verheertyou had devastated
er/sie/eshatte verheerthe/she/it had devastated
wirhatten verheertwe had devastated
ihrhattet verheertyou (pl.) had devastated
sie/Siehatten verheertthey had devastated

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 verheerenI will devastate
duwirst verheerenyou will devastate
er/sie/eswird verheerenhe/she/it will devastate
wirwerden verheerenwe will devastate
ihrwerdet verheerenyou (pl.) will devastate
sie/Siewerden verheerenthey will devastate

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 verheert habenI will have devastated
duwirst verheert habenyou will have devastated
er/sie/eswird verheert habenhe/she/it will have devastated
wirwerden verheert habenwe will have devastated
ihrwerdet verheert habenyou (pl.) will have devastated
sie/Siewerden verheert habenthey will have devastated

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
ichverheerte
duverheertest
er/sie/esverheerte
wirverheerten
ihrverheertet
sie/Sieverheerten

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
duverheere
ihrverheert