Conjunation

verrecken — German conjugation

to die

Frequency#2341Regular

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
ichverreckeI die
duverreckstyou die
er/sie/esverreckthe/she/it dies
wirverreckenwe die
ihrverrecktyou (pl.) die
sie/Sieverreckenthey die

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
ichverreckteI died
duverrecktestyou died
er/sie/esverrecktehe/she/it died
wirverrecktenwe died
ihrverrecktetyou (pl.) died
sie/Sieverrecktenthey died

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
ichbin verrecktI have died
dubist verrecktyou have died
er/sie/esist verreckthe/she/it has died
wirsind verrecktwe have died
ihrseid verrecktyou (pl.) have died
sie/Siesind verrecktthey have died

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
ichwar verrecktI had died
duwarst verrecktyou had died
er/sie/eswar verreckthe/she/it had died
wirwaren verrecktwe had died
ihrwart verrecktyou (pl.) had died
sie/Siewaren verrecktthey had died

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 verreckenI will die
duwirst verreckenyou will die
er/sie/eswird verreckenhe/she/it will die
wirwerden verreckenwe will die
ihrwerdet verreckenyou (pl.) will die
sie/Siewerden verreckenthey will die

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 verreckt seinI will have died
duwirst verreckt seinyou will have died
er/sie/eswird verreckt seinhe/she/it will have died
wirwerden verreckt seinwe will have died
ihrwerdet verreckt seinyou (pl.) will have died
sie/Siewerden verreckt seinthey will have died

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
ichverreckte
duverrecktest
er/sie/esverreckte
wirverreckten
ihrverrecktet
sie/Sieverreckten

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
duverrecke
ihrverreckt

Verbs near verrecken

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