verkleiden — German conjugation

to dress up

Frequency#655Regular

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
ichverkleideI dress up
duverkleidestyou dress up
er/sie/esverkleidethe/she/it dresses up
wirverkleidenwe dress up
ihrverkleidetyou (pl.) dress up
sie/Sieverkleidenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichverkleideteI dressed up
duverkleidetestyou dressed up
er/sie/esverkleidetehe/she/it dressed up
wirverkleidetenwe dressed up
ihrverkleidetetyou (pl.) dressed up
sie/Sieverkleidetenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe verkleidetI have dressed up
duhast verkleidetyou have dressed up
er/sie/eshat verkleidethe/she/it has dressed up
wirhaben verkleidetwe have dressed up
ihrhabt verkleidetyou (pl.) have dressed up
sie/Siehaben verkleidetthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte verkleidetI had dressed up
duhattest verkleidetyou had dressed up
er/sie/eshatte verkleidethe/she/it had dressed up
wirhatten verkleidetwe had dressed up
ihrhattet verkleidetyou (pl.) had dressed up
sie/Siehatten verkleidetthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde verkleidenI will dress up
duwirst verkleidenyou will dress up
er/sie/eswird verkleidenhe/she/it will dress up
wirwerden verkleidenwe will dress up
ihrwerdet verkleidenyou (pl.) will dress up
sie/Siewerden verkleidenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde verkleidet habenI will have dressed up
duwirst verkleidet habenyou will have dressed up
er/sie/eswird verkleidet habenhe/she/it will have dressed up
wirwerden verkleidet habenwe will have dressed up
ihrwerdet verkleidet habenyou (pl.) will have dressed up
sie/Siewerden verkleidet habenthey 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?

PronounGerman
ichverkleidete
duverkleidetest
er/sie/esverkleidete
wirverkleideten
ihrverkleidetet
sie/Sieverkleideten

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
duverkleide
ihrverkleidet