verkalken — German conjugation

to calcify

Frequency#2193Regular

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
ichverkalkeI calcify
duverkalkstyou calcify
er/sie/esverkalkthe/she/it calcifies
wirverkalkenwe calcify
ihrverkalktyou (pl.) calcify
sie/Sieverkalkenthey calcify

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
ichverkalkteI calcified
duverkalktestyou calcified
er/sie/esverkalktehe/she/it calcified
wirverkalktenwe calcified
ihrverkalktetyou (pl.) calcified
sie/Sieverkalktenthey calcified

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
ichbin verkalktI have calcified
dubist verkalktyou have calcified
er/sie/esist verkalkthe/she/it has calcified
wirsind verkalktwe have calcified
ihrseid verkalktyou (pl.) have calcified
sie/Siesind verkalktthey have calcified

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
ichwar verkalktI had calcified
duwarst verkalktyou had calcified
er/sie/eswar verkalkthe/she/it had calcified
wirwaren verkalktwe had calcified
ihrwart verkalktyou (pl.) had calcified
sie/Siewaren verkalktthey had calcified

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 verkalkenI will calcify
duwirst verkalkenyou will calcify
er/sie/eswird verkalkenhe/she/it will calcify
wirwerden verkalkenwe will calcify
ihrwerdet verkalkenyou (pl.) will calcify
sie/Siewerden verkalkenthey will calcify

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 verkalkt seinI will have calcified
duwirst verkalkt seinyou will have calcified
er/sie/eswird verkalkt seinhe/she/it will have calcified
wirwerden verkalkt seinwe will have calcified
ihrwerdet verkalkt seinyou (pl.) will have calcified
sie/Siewerden verkalkt seinthey will have calcified

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
ichverkalkte
duverkalktest
er/sie/esverkalkte
wirverkalkten
ihrverkalktet
sie/Sieverkalkten

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
duverkalke
ihrverkalkt