verkalken — German conjugation
to calcify
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 | verkalke | I calcify |
| du | verkalkst | you calcify |
| er/sie/es | verkalkt | he/she/it calcifies |
| wir | verkalken | we calcify |
| ihr | verkalkt | you (pl.) calcify |
| sie/Sie | verkalken | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | verkalkte | I calcified |
| du | verkalktest | you calcified |
| er/sie/es | verkalkte | he/she/it calcified |
| wir | verkalkten | we calcified |
| ihr | verkalktet | you (pl.) calcified |
| sie/Sie | verkalkten | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | bin verkalkt | I have calcified |
| du | bist verkalkt | you have calcified |
| er/sie/es | ist verkalkt | he/she/it has calcified |
| wir | sind verkalkt | we have calcified |
| ihr | seid verkalkt | you (pl.) have calcified |
| sie/Sie | sind verkalkt | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | war verkalkt | I had calcified |
| du | warst verkalkt | you had calcified |
| er/sie/es | war verkalkt | he/she/it had calcified |
| wir | waren verkalkt | we had calcified |
| ihr | wart verkalkt | you (pl.) had calcified |
| sie/Sie | waren verkalkt | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde verkalken | I will calcify |
| du | wirst verkalken | you will calcify |
| er/sie/es | wird verkalken | he/she/it will calcify |
| wir | werden verkalken | we will calcify |
| ihr | werdet verkalken | you (pl.) will calcify |
| sie/Sie | werden verkalken | they 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.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde verkalkt sein | I will have calcified |
| du | wirst verkalkt sein | you will have calcified |
| er/sie/es | wird verkalkt sein | he/she/it will have calcified |
| wir | werden verkalkt sein | we will have calcified |
| ihr | werdet verkalkt sein | you (pl.) will have calcified |
| sie/Sie | werden verkalkt sein | they 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?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | verkalkte |
| du | verkalktest |
| er/sie/es | verkalkte |
| wir | verkalkten |
| ihr | verkalktet |
| sie/Sie | verkalkten |
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 | verkalke |
| ihr | verkalkt |