verscheiden — German conjugation
to pass away
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 | verscheide | I pass away |
| du | verscheidest | you pass away |
| er/sie/es | verscheidet | he/she/it passes away |
| wir | verscheiden | we pass away |
| ihr | verscheidet | you (pl.) pass away |
| sie/Sie | verscheiden | they pass away |
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 | verschied | I passed away |
| du | verschiedest | you passed away |
| er/sie/es | verschied | he/she/it passed away |
| wir | verschieden | we passed away |
| ihr | verschiedet | you (pl.) passed away |
| sie/Sie | verschieden | they passed away |
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 | bin verschieden | I have passed away |
| du | bist verschieden | you have passed away |
| er/sie/es | ist verschieden | he/she/it has passed away |
| wir | sind verschieden | we have passed away |
| ihr | seid verschieden | you (pl.) have passed away |
| sie/Sie | sind verschieden | they have passed away |
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 | war verschieden | I had passed away |
| du | warst verschieden | you had passed away |
| er/sie/es | war verschieden | he/she/it had passed away |
| wir | waren verschieden | we had passed away |
| ihr | wart verschieden | you (pl.) had passed away |
| sie/Sie | waren verschieden | they had passed away |
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 verscheiden | I will pass away |
| du | wirst verscheiden | you will pass away |
| er/sie/es | wird verscheiden | he/she/it will pass away |
| wir | werden verscheiden | we will pass away |
| ihr | werdet verscheiden | you (pl.) will pass away |
| sie/Sie | werden verscheiden | they will pass away |
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 verschieden sein | I will have passed away |
| du | wirst verschieden sein | you will have passed away |
| er/sie/es | wird verschieden sein | he/she/it will have passed away |
| wir | werden verschieden sein | we will have passed away |
| ihr | werdet verschieden sein | you (pl.) will have passed away |
| sie/Sie | werden verschieden sein | they will have passed away |
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 | verschiede |
| du | verschiedest |
| er/sie/es | verschiede |
| wir | verschieden |
| ihr | verschiedet |
| sie/Sie | verschieden |
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 | verscheide |
| ihr | verscheidet |