verrichten — German conjugation

to perform

Frequency#1298Regular

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
ichverrichteI perform
duverrichtestyou perform
er/sie/esverrichtethe/she/it performs
wirverrichtenwe perform
ihrverrichtetyou (pl.) perform
sie/Sieverrichtenthey perform

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
ichverrichteteI performed
duverrichtetestyou performed
er/sie/esverrichtetehe/she/it performed
wirverrichtetenwe performed
ihrverrichtetetyou (pl.) performed
sie/Sieverrichtetenthey performed

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
ichhabe verrichtetI have performed
duhast verrichtetyou have performed
er/sie/eshat verrichtethe/she/it has performed
wirhaben verrichtetwe have performed
ihrhabt verrichtetyou (pl.) have performed
sie/Siehaben verrichtetthey have performed

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
ichhatte verrichtetI had performed
duhattest verrichtetyou had performed
er/sie/eshatte verrichtethe/she/it had performed
wirhatten verrichtetwe had performed
ihrhattet verrichtetyou (pl.) had performed
sie/Siehatten verrichtetthey had performed

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 verrichtenI will perform
duwirst verrichtenyou will perform
er/sie/eswird verrichtenhe/she/it will perform
wirwerden verrichtenwe will perform
ihrwerdet verrichtenyou (pl.) will perform
sie/Siewerden verrichtenthey will perform

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

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
ichverrichtete
duverrichtetest
er/sie/esverrichtete
wirverrichteten
ihrverrichtetet
sie/Sieverrichteten

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
duverrichte
ihrverrichtet