verriegeln — German conjugation
to lock
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 | verriegele | I lock |
| du | verriegelst | you lock |
| er/sie/es | verriegelt | he/she/it locks |
| wir | verriegeln | we lock |
| ihr | verriegelt | you (pl.) lock |
| sie/Sie | verriegeln | they lock |
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 | verriegelte | I locked |
| du | verriegeltest | you locked |
| er/sie/es | verriegelte | he/she/it locked |
| wir | verriegelten | we locked |
| ihr | verriegeltet | you (pl.) locked |
| sie/Sie | verriegelten | they locked |
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 verriegelt | I have locked |
| du | hast verriegelt | you have locked |
| er/sie/es | hat verriegelt | he/she/it has locked |
| wir | haben verriegelt | we have locked |
| ihr | habt verriegelt | you (pl.) have locked |
| sie/Sie | haben verriegelt | they have locked |
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 verriegelt | I had locked |
| du | hattest verriegelt | you had locked |
| er/sie/es | hatte verriegelt | he/she/it had locked |
| wir | hatten verriegelt | we had locked |
| ihr | hattet verriegelt | you (pl.) had locked |
| sie/Sie | hatten verriegelt | they had locked |
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 verriegeln | I will lock |
| du | wirst verriegeln | you will lock |
| er/sie/es | wird verriegeln | he/she/it will lock |
| wir | werden verriegeln | we will lock |
| ihr | werdet verriegeln | you (pl.) will lock |
| sie/Sie | werden verriegeln | they will lock |
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 verriegelt haben | I will have locked |
| du | wirst verriegelt haben | you will have locked |
| er/sie/es | wird verriegelt haben | he/she/it will have locked |
| wir | werden verriegelt haben | we will have locked |
| ihr | werdet verriegelt haben | you (pl.) will have locked |
| sie/Sie | werden verriegelt haben | they will have locked |
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 | verriegelte |
| du | verriegeltest |
| er/sie/es | verriegelte |
| wir | verriegelten |
| ihr | verriegeltet |
| sie/Sie | verriegelten |
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 | verriegele |
| ihr | verriegelt |