verheiraten — German conjugation
to marry
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 | verheirate | I marry |
| du | verheiratest | you marry |
| er/sie/es | verheiratet | he/she/it marries |
| wir | verheiraten | we marry |
| ihr | verheiratet | you (pl.) marry |
| sie/Sie | verheiraten | they marry |
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 | verheiratete | I married |
| du | verheiratetest | you married |
| er/sie/es | verheiratete | he/she/it married |
| wir | verheirateten | we married |
| ihr | verheiratetet | you (pl.) married |
| sie/Sie | verheirateten | they married |
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 verheiratet | I have married |
| du | hast verheiratet | you have married |
| er/sie/es | hat verheiratet | he/she/it has married |
| wir | haben verheiratet | we have married |
| ihr | habt verheiratet | you (pl.) have married |
| sie/Sie | haben verheiratet | they have married |
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 verheiratet | I had married |
| du | hattest verheiratet | you had married |
| er/sie/es | hatte verheiratet | he/she/it had married |
| wir | hatten verheiratet | we had married |
| ihr | hattet verheiratet | you (pl.) had married |
| sie/Sie | hatten verheiratet | they had married |
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 verheiraten | I will marry |
| du | wirst verheiraten | you will marry |
| er/sie/es | wird verheiraten | he/she/it will marry |
| wir | werden verheiraten | we will marry |
| ihr | werdet verheiraten | you (pl.) will marry |
| sie/Sie | werden verheiraten | they will marry |
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 verheiratet haben | I will have married |
| du | wirst verheiratet haben | you will have married |
| er/sie/es | wird verheiratet haben | he/she/it will have married |
| wir | werden verheiratet haben | we will have married |
| ihr | werdet verheiratet haben | you (pl.) will have married |
| sie/Sie | werden verheiratet haben | they will have married |
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 | verheiratete |
| du | verheiratetest |
| er/sie/es | verheiratete |
| wir | verheirateten |
| ihr | verheiratetet |
| sie/Sie | verheirateten |
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 | verheirate |
| ihr | verheiratet |