verhehlen — German conjugation
to conceal
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 | verhehle | I conceal |
| du | verhehlst | you conceal |
| er/sie/es | verhehlt | he/she/it conceals |
| wir | verhehlen | we conceal |
| ihr | verhehlt | you (pl.) conceal |
| sie/Sie | verhehlen | they conceal |
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 | verhehlte | I concealed |
| du | verhehltest | you concealed |
| er/sie/es | verhehlte | he/she/it concealed |
| wir | verhehlten | we concealed |
| ihr | verhehltet | you (pl.) concealed |
| sie/Sie | verhehlten | they concealed |
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 verhehlt | I have concealed |
| du | hast verhehlt | you have concealed |
| er/sie/es | hat verhehlt | he/she/it has concealed |
| wir | haben verhehlt | we have concealed |
| ihr | habt verhehlt | you (pl.) have concealed |
| sie/Sie | haben verhehlt | they have concealed |
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 verhehlt | I had concealed |
| du | hattest verhehlt | you had concealed |
| er/sie/es | hatte verhehlt | he/she/it had concealed |
| wir | hatten verhehlt | we had concealed |
| ihr | hattet verhehlt | you (pl.) had concealed |
| sie/Sie | hatten verhehlt | they had concealed |
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 verhehlen | I will conceal |
| du | wirst verhehlen | you will conceal |
| er/sie/es | wird verhehlen | he/she/it will conceal |
| wir | werden verhehlen | we will conceal |
| ihr | werdet verhehlen | you (pl.) will conceal |
| sie/Sie | werden verhehlen | they will conceal |
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 verhehlt haben | I will have concealed |
| du | wirst verhehlt haben | you will have concealed |
| er/sie/es | wird verhehlt haben | he/she/it will have concealed |
| wir | werden verhehlt haben | we will have concealed |
| ihr | werdet verhehlt haben | you (pl.) will have concealed |
| sie/Sie | werden verhehlt haben | they will have concealed |
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 | verhehlte |
| du | verhehltest |
| er/sie/es | verhehlte |
| wir | verhehlten |
| ihr | verhehltet |
| sie/Sie | verhehlten |
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 | verhehle |
| ihr | verhehlt |