verkleiden — German conjugation
to dress up
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 | verkleide | I dress up |
| du | verkleidest | you dress up |
| er/sie/es | verkleidet | he/she/it dresses up |
| wir | verkleiden | we dress up |
| ihr | verkleidet | you (pl.) dress up |
| sie/Sie | verkleiden | they dress up |
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 | verkleidete | I dressed up |
| du | verkleidetest | you dressed up |
| er/sie/es | verkleidete | he/she/it dressed up |
| wir | verkleideten | we dressed up |
| ihr | verkleidetet | you (pl.) dressed up |
| sie/Sie | verkleideten | they dressed up |
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 verkleidet | I have dressed up |
| du | hast verkleidet | you have dressed up |
| er/sie/es | hat verkleidet | he/she/it has dressed up |
| wir | haben verkleidet | we have dressed up |
| ihr | habt verkleidet | you (pl.) have dressed up |
| sie/Sie | haben verkleidet | they have dressed up |
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 verkleidet | I had dressed up |
| du | hattest verkleidet | you had dressed up |
| er/sie/es | hatte verkleidet | he/she/it had dressed up |
| wir | hatten verkleidet | we had dressed up |
| ihr | hattet verkleidet | you (pl.) had dressed up |
| sie/Sie | hatten verkleidet | they had dressed up |
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 verkleiden | I will dress up |
| du | wirst verkleiden | you will dress up |
| er/sie/es | wird verkleiden | he/she/it will dress up |
| wir | werden verkleiden | we will dress up |
| ihr | werdet verkleiden | you (pl.) will dress up |
| sie/Sie | werden verkleiden | they will dress up |
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 verkleidet haben | I will have dressed up |
| du | wirst verkleidet haben | you will have dressed up |
| er/sie/es | wird verkleidet haben | he/she/it will have dressed up |
| wir | werden verkleidet haben | we will have dressed up |
| ihr | werdet verkleidet haben | you (pl.) will have dressed up |
| sie/Sie | werden verkleidet haben | they will have dressed up |
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 | verkleidete |
| du | verkleidetest |
| er/sie/es | verkleidete |
| wir | verkleideten |
| ihr | verkleidetet |
| sie/Sie | verkleideten |
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 | verkleide |
| ihr | verkleidet |