verkehren — German conjugation

to circulate

Frequency#1062Regular

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
ichverkehreI circulate
duverkehrstyou circulate
er/sie/esverkehrthe/she/it circulates
wirverkehrenwe circulate
ihrverkehrtyou (pl.) circulate
sie/Sieverkehrenthey circulate

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
ichverkehrteI circulated
duverkehrtestyou circulated
er/sie/esverkehrtehe/she/it circulated
wirverkehrtenwe circulated
ihrverkehrtetyou (pl.) circulated
sie/Sieverkehrtenthey circulated

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
ichhabe verkehrtI have circulated
duhast verkehrtyou have circulated
er/sie/eshat verkehrthe/she/it has circulated
wirhaben verkehrtwe have circulated
ihrhabt verkehrtyou (pl.) have circulated
sie/Siehaben verkehrtthey have circulated

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
ichhatte verkehrtI had circulated
duhattest verkehrtyou had circulated
er/sie/eshatte verkehrthe/she/it had circulated
wirhatten verkehrtwe had circulated
ihrhattet verkehrtyou (pl.) had circulated
sie/Siehatten verkehrtthey had circulated

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 verkehrenI will circulate
duwirst verkehrenyou will circulate
er/sie/eswird verkehrenhe/she/it will circulate
wirwerden verkehrenwe will circulate
ihrwerdet verkehrenyou (pl.) will circulate
sie/Siewerden verkehrenthey will circulate

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 verkehrt habenI will have circulated
duwirst verkehrt habenyou will have circulated
er/sie/eswird verkehrt habenhe/she/it will have circulated
wirwerden verkehrt habenwe will have circulated
ihrwerdet verkehrt habenyou (pl.) will have circulated
sie/Siewerden verkehrt habenthey will have circulated

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
ichverkehrte
duverkehrtest
er/sie/esverkehrte
wirverkehrten
ihrverkehrtet
sie/Sieverkehrten

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
duverkehre
ihrverkehrt