verneinen — German conjugation
to deny
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 | verneine | I deny |
| du | verneinst | you deny |
| er/sie/es | verneint | he/she/it denies |
| wir | verneinen | we deny |
| ihr | verneint | you (pl.) deny |
| sie/Sie | verneinen | they deny |
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 | verneinte | I denied |
| du | verneintest | you denied |
| er/sie/es | verneinte | he/she/it denied |
| wir | verneinten | we denied |
| ihr | verneintet | you (pl.) denied |
| sie/Sie | verneinten | they denied |
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 verneint | I have denied |
| du | hast verneint | you have denied |
| er/sie/es | hat verneint | he/she/it has denied |
| wir | haben verneint | we have denied |
| ihr | habt verneint | you (pl.) have denied |
| sie/Sie | haben verneint | they have denied |
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 verneint | I had denied |
| du | hattest verneint | you had denied |
| er/sie/es | hatte verneint | he/she/it had denied |
| wir | hatten verneint | we had denied |
| ihr | hattet verneint | you (pl.) had denied |
| sie/Sie | hatten verneint | they had denied |
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 verneinen | I will deny |
| du | wirst verneinen | you will deny |
| er/sie/es | wird verneinen | he/she/it will deny |
| wir | werden verneinen | we will deny |
| ihr | werdet verneinen | you (pl.) will deny |
| sie/Sie | werden verneinen | they will deny |
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 verneint haben | I will have denied |
| du | wirst verneint haben | you will have denied |
| er/sie/es | wird verneint haben | he/she/it will have denied |
| wir | werden verneint haben | we will have denied |
| ihr | werdet verneint haben | you (pl.) will have denied |
| sie/Sie | werden verneint haben | they will have denied |
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 | verneinte |
| du | verneintest |
| er/sie/es | verneinte |
| wir | verneinten |
| ihr | verneintet |
| sie/Sie | verneinten |
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 | verneine |
| ihr | verneint |