verschallen — German conjugation
to fade away
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 | verschalle | I fade away |
| du | verschallst | you fade away |
| er/sie/es | verschallt | he/she/it fades away |
| wir | verschallen | we fade away |
| ihr | verschallt | you (pl.) fade away |
| sie/Sie | verschallen | they fade away |
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 | verschallte | I faded away |
| du | verschalltest | you faded away |
| er/sie/es | verschallte | he/she/it faded away |
| wir | verschallten | we faded away |
| ihr | verschalltet | you (pl.) faded away |
| sie/Sie | verschallten | they faded away |
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 | bin verschallt | I have faded away |
| du | bist verschallt | you have faded away |
| er/sie/es | ist verschallt | he/she/it has faded away |
| wir | sind verschallt | we have faded away |
| ihr | seid verschallt | you (pl.) have faded away |
| sie/Sie | sind verschallt | they have faded away |
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 | war verschallt | I had faded away |
| du | warst verschallt | you had faded away |
| er/sie/es | war verschallt | he/she/it had faded away |
| wir | waren verschallt | we had faded away |
| ihr | wart verschallt | you (pl.) had faded away |
| sie/Sie | waren verschallt | they had faded away |
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 verschallen | I will fade away |
| du | wirst verschallen | you will fade away |
| er/sie/es | wird verschallen | he/she/it will fade away |
| wir | werden verschallen | we will fade away |
| ihr | werdet verschallen | you (pl.) will fade away |
| sie/Sie | werden verschallen | they will fade away |
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 verschallt sein | I will have faded away |
| du | wirst verschallt sein | you will have faded away |
| er/sie/es | wird verschallt sein | he/she/it will have faded away |
| wir | werden verschallt sein | we will have faded away |
| ihr | werdet verschallt sein | you (pl.) will have faded away |
| sie/Sie | werden verschallt sein | they will have faded away |
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 | verschallte |
| du | verschalltest |
| er/sie/es | verschallte |
| wir | verschallten |
| ihr | verschalltet |
| sie/Sie | verschallten |
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 | verschalle |
| ihr | verschallt |