verriegeln — German conjugation

to lock

Frequency#2204Regular

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
ichverriegeleI lock
duverriegelstyou lock
er/sie/esverriegelthe/she/it locks
wirverriegelnwe lock
ihrverriegeltyou (pl.) lock
sie/Sieverriegelnthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichverriegelteI locked
duverriegeltestyou locked
er/sie/esverriegeltehe/she/it locked
wirverriegeltenwe locked
ihrverriegeltetyou (pl.) locked
sie/Sieverriegeltenthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe verriegeltI have locked
duhast verriegeltyou have locked
er/sie/eshat verriegelthe/she/it has locked
wirhaben verriegeltwe have locked
ihrhabt verriegeltyou (pl.) have locked
sie/Siehaben verriegeltthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte verriegeltI had locked
duhattest verriegeltyou had locked
er/sie/eshatte verriegelthe/she/it had locked
wirhatten verriegeltwe had locked
ihrhattet verriegeltyou (pl.) had locked
sie/Siehatten verriegeltthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde verriegelnI will lock
duwirst verriegelnyou will lock
er/sie/eswird verriegelnhe/she/it will lock
wirwerden verriegelnwe will lock
ihrwerdet verriegelnyou (pl.) will lock
sie/Siewerden verriegelnthey 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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde verriegelt habenI will have locked
duwirst verriegelt habenyou will have locked
er/sie/eswird verriegelt habenhe/she/it will have locked
wirwerden verriegelt habenwe will have locked
ihrwerdet verriegelt habenyou (pl.) will have locked
sie/Siewerden verriegelt habenthey 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?

PronounGerman
ichverriegelte
duverriegeltest
er/sie/esverriegelte
wirverriegelten
ihrverriegeltet
sie/Sieverriegelten

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
duverriegele
ihrverriegelt