vermeiden — German conjugation

to avoid

Frequency#214Irregular

Indicative

Present (Präsens) Irregular

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
ichvermeideI avoid
duvermeidestyou avoid
er/sie/esvermeidethe/she/it avoids
wirvermeidenwe avoid
ihrvermeidetyou (pl.) avoid
sie/Sievermeidenthey avoid

Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular

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
ichvermiedI avoided
duvermiedestyou avoided
er/sie/esvermiedhe/she/it avoided
wirvermiedenwe avoided
ihrvermiedetyou (pl.) avoided
sie/Sievermiedenthey avoided

Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular

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 vermiedenI have avoided
duhast vermiedenyou have avoided
er/sie/eshat vermiedenhe/she/it has avoided
wirhaben vermiedenwe have avoided
ihrhabt vermiedenyou (pl.) have avoided
sie/Siehaben vermiedenthey have avoided

Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular

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 vermiedenI had avoided
duhattest vermiedenyou had avoided
er/sie/eshatte vermiedenhe/she/it had avoided
wirhatten vermiedenwe had avoided
ihrhattet vermiedenyou (pl.) had avoided
sie/Siehatten vermiedenthey had avoided

Future I (Futur I) Irregular

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 vermeidenI will avoid
duwirst vermeidenyou will avoid
er/sie/eswird vermeidenhe/she/it will avoid
wirwerden vermeidenwe will avoid
ihrwerdet vermeidenyou (pl.) will avoid
sie/Siewerden vermeidenthey will avoid

Future II (Futur II) Irregular

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

Subjunctive

Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular

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
ichvermiede
duvermiedest
er/sie/esvermiede
wirvermieden
ihrvermiedet
sie/Sievermieden

Other forms

Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular

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
duvermeide
ihrvermeidet