vermeinen — German conjugation
to suppose
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 | vermeine | I suppose |
| du | vermeinst | you suppose |
| er/sie/es | vermeint | he/she/it supposes |
| wir | vermeinen | we suppose |
| ihr | vermeint | you (pl.) suppose |
| sie/Sie | vermeinen | they suppose |
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 | vermeinte | I supposed |
| du | vermeintest | you supposed |
| er/sie/es | vermeinte | he/she/it supposed |
| wir | vermeinten | we supposed |
| ihr | vermeintet | you (pl.) supposed |
| sie/Sie | vermeinten | they supposed |
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 vermeint | I have supposed |
| du | hast vermeint | you have supposed |
| er/sie/es | hat vermeint | he/she/it has supposed |
| wir | haben vermeint | we have supposed |
| ihr | habt vermeint | you (pl.) have supposed |
| sie/Sie | haben vermeint | they have supposed |
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 vermeint | I had supposed |
| du | hattest vermeint | you had supposed |
| er/sie/es | hatte vermeint | he/she/it had supposed |
| wir | hatten vermeint | we had supposed |
| ihr | hattet vermeint | you (pl.) had supposed |
| sie/Sie | hatten vermeint | they had supposed |
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 vermeinen | I will suppose |
| du | wirst vermeinen | you will suppose |
| er/sie/es | wird vermeinen | he/she/it will suppose |
| wir | werden vermeinen | we will suppose |
| ihr | werdet vermeinen | you (pl.) will suppose |
| sie/Sie | werden vermeinen | they will suppose |
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 vermeint haben | I will have supposed |
| du | wirst vermeint haben | you will have supposed |
| er/sie/es | wird vermeint haben | he/she/it will have supposed |
| wir | werden vermeint haben | we will have supposed |
| ihr | werdet vermeint haben | you (pl.) will have supposed |
| sie/Sie | werden vermeint haben | they will have supposed |
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 | vermeinte |
| du | vermeintest |
| er/sie/es | vermeinte |
| wir | vermeinten |
| ihr | vermeintet |
| sie/Sie | vermeinten |
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 | vermeine |
| ihr | vermeint |