versalzen — German conjugation
to oversalt
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Irregular
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 | versalze | I oversalt |
| du | versalzt | you oversalt |
| er/sie/es | versalzt | he/she/it oversalts |
| wir | versalzen | we oversalt |
| ihr | versalzt | you (pl.) oversalt |
| sie/Sie | versalzen | they oversalt |
Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular
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 | versalzte | I oversalted |
| du | versalztest | you oversalted |
| er/sie/es | versalzte | he/she/it oversalted |
| wir | versalzten | we oversalted |
| ihr | versalztet | you (pl.) oversalted |
| sie/Sie | versalzten | they oversalted |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular
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 versalzen | I have oversalted |
| du | hast versalzen | you have oversalted |
| er/sie/es | hat versalzen | he/she/it has oversalted |
| wir | haben versalzen | we have oversalted |
| ihr | habt versalzen | you (pl.) have oversalted |
| sie/Sie | haben versalzen | they have oversalted |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular
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 versalzen | I had oversalted |
| du | hattest versalzen | you had oversalted |
| er/sie/es | hatte versalzen | he/she/it had oversalted |
| wir | hatten versalzen | we had oversalted |
| ihr | hattet versalzen | you (pl.) had oversalted |
| sie/Sie | hatten versalzen | they had oversalted |
Future I (Futur I) Irregular
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 versalzen | I will oversalt |
| du | wirst versalzen | you will oversalt |
| er/sie/es | wird versalzen | he/she/it will oversalt |
| wir | werden versalzen | we will oversalt |
| ihr | werdet versalzen | you (pl.) will oversalt |
| sie/Sie | werden versalzen | they will oversalt |
Future II (Futur II) Irregular
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 versalzen haben | I will have oversalted |
| du | wirst versalzen haben | you will have oversalted |
| er/sie/es | wird versalzen haben | he/she/it will have oversalted |
| wir | werden versalzen haben | we will have oversalted |
| ihr | werdet versalzen haben | you (pl.) will have oversalted |
| sie/Sie | werden versalzen haben | they will have oversalted |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular
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 | versalzte |
| du | versalztest |
| er/sie/es | versalzte |
| wir | versalzten |
| ihr | versalztet |
| sie/Sie | versalzten |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular
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 | versalz |
| ihr | versalzt |