vermissen — German conjugation
to miss (to feel the absence of someone or something)
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 | vermisse | I miss |
| du | vermisst | you miss |
| er/sie/es | vermisst | he/she/it misses |
| wir | vermissen | we miss |
| ihr | vermisst | you (pl.) miss |
| sie/Sie | vermissen | they miss |
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 | vermisste | I missed |
| du | vermisstest | you missed |
| er/sie/es | vermisste | he/she/it missed |
| wir | vermissten | we missed |
| ihr | vermisstet | you (pl.) missed |
| sie/Sie | vermissten | they missed |
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 vermisst | I have missed |
| du | hast vermisst | you have missed |
| er/sie/es | hat vermisst | he/she/it has missed |
| wir | haben vermisst | we have missed |
| ihr | habt vermisst | you (pl.) have missed |
| sie/Sie | haben vermisst | they have missed |
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 vermisst | I had missed |
| du | hattest vermisst | you had missed |
| er/sie/es | hatte vermisst | he/she/it had missed |
| wir | hatten vermisst | we had missed |
| ihr | hattet vermisst | you (pl.) had missed |
| sie/Sie | hatten vermisst | they had missed |
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 vermissen | I will miss |
| du | wirst vermissen | you will miss |
| er/sie/es | wird vermissen | he/she/it will miss |
| wir | werden vermissen | we will miss |
| ihr | werdet vermissen | you (pl.) will miss |
| sie/Sie | werden vermissen | they will miss |
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 vermisst haben | I will have missed |
| du | wirst vermisst haben | you will have missed |
| er/sie/es | wird vermisst haben | he/she/it will have missed |
| wir | werden vermisst haben | we will have missed |
| ihr | werdet vermisst haben | you (pl.) will have missed |
| sie/Sie | werden vermisst haben | they will have missed |
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 | vermisste |
| du | vermisstest |
| er/sie/es | vermisste |
| wir | vermissten |
| ihr | vermisstet |
| sie/Sie | vermissten |
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 | vermisse |
| ihr | vermisst |