verherrlichen — German conjugation
to glorify
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 | verherrliche | I glorify |
| du | verherrlichst | you glorify |
| er/sie/es | verherrlicht | he/she/it glorifies |
| wir | verherrlichen | we glorify |
| ihr | verherrlicht | you (pl.) glorify |
| sie/Sie | verherrlichen | they glorify |
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 | verherrlichte | I glorified |
| du | verherrlichtest | you glorified |
| er/sie/es | verherrlichte | he/she/it glorified |
| wir | verherrlichten | we glorified |
| ihr | verherrlichtet | you (pl.) glorified |
| sie/Sie | verherrlichten | they glorified |
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 verherrlicht | I have glorified |
| du | hast verherrlicht | you have glorified |
| er/sie/es | hat verherrlicht | he/she/it has glorified |
| wir | haben verherrlicht | we have glorified |
| ihr | habt verherrlicht | you (pl.) have glorified |
| sie/Sie | haben verherrlicht | they have glorified |
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 verherrlicht | I had glorified |
| du | hattest verherrlicht | you had glorified |
| er/sie/es | hatte verherrlicht | he/she/it had glorified |
| wir | hatten verherrlicht | we had glorified |
| ihr | hattet verherrlicht | you (pl.) had glorified |
| sie/Sie | hatten verherrlicht | they had glorified |
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 verherrlichen | I will glorify |
| du | wirst verherrlichen | you will glorify |
| er/sie/es | wird verherrlichen | he/she/it will glorify |
| wir | werden verherrlichen | we will glorify |
| ihr | werdet verherrlichen | you (pl.) will glorify |
| sie/Sie | werden verherrlichen | they will glorify |
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 verherrlicht haben | I will have glorified |
| du | wirst verherrlicht haben | you will have glorified |
| er/sie/es | wird verherrlicht haben | he/she/it will have glorified |
| wir | werden verherrlicht haben | we will have glorified |
| ihr | werdet verherrlicht haben | you (pl.) will have glorified |
| sie/Sie | werden verherrlicht haben | they will have glorified |
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 | verherrlichte |
| du | verherrlichtest |
| er/sie/es | verherrlichte |
| wir | verherrlichten |
| ihr | verherrlichtet |
| sie/Sie | verherrlichten |
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 | verherrliche |
| ihr | verherrlicht |