verschenken — German conjugation
to give 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 | verschenke | I give away |
| du | verschenkst | you give away |
| er/sie/es | verschenkt | he/she/it gives away |
| wir | verschenken | we give away |
| ihr | verschenkt | you (pl.) give away |
| sie/Sie | verschenken | they give 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 | verschenkte | I gave away |
| du | verschenktest | you gave away |
| er/sie/es | verschenkte | he/she/it gave away |
| wir | verschenkten | we gave away |
| ihr | verschenktet | you (pl.) gave away |
| sie/Sie | verschenkten | they gave 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 | habe verschenkt | I have given away |
| du | hast verschenkt | you have given away |
| er/sie/es | hat verschenkt | he/she/it has given away |
| wir | haben verschenkt | we have given away |
| ihr | habt verschenkt | you (pl.) have given away |
| sie/Sie | haben verschenkt | they have given 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 | hatte verschenkt | I had given away |
| du | hattest verschenkt | you had given away |
| er/sie/es | hatte verschenkt | he/she/it had given away |
| wir | hatten verschenkt | we had given away |
| ihr | hattet verschenkt | you (pl.) had given away |
| sie/Sie | hatten verschenkt | they had given 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 verschenken | I will give away |
| du | wirst verschenken | you will give away |
| er/sie/es | wird verschenken | he/she/it will give away |
| wir | werden verschenken | we will give away |
| ihr | werdet verschenken | you (pl.) will give away |
| sie/Sie | werden verschenken | they will give 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 verschenkt haben | I will have given away |
| du | wirst verschenkt haben | you will have given away |
| er/sie/es | wird verschenkt haben | he/she/it will have given away |
| wir | werden verschenkt haben | we will have given away |
| ihr | werdet verschenkt haben | you (pl.) will have given away |
| sie/Sie | werden verschenkt haben | they will have given 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 | verschenkte |
| du | verschenktest |
| er/sie/es | verschenkte |
| wir | verschenkten |
| ihr | verschenktet |
| sie/Sie | verschenkten |
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 | verschenke |
| ihr | verschenkt |