verschwinden — German conjugation
to disappear, to vanish, to move out of view
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 | verschwinde | I disappear |
| du | verschwindest | you disappear |
| er/sie/es | verschwindet | he/she/it disappears |
| wir | verschwinden | we disappear |
| ihr | verschwindet | you (pl.) disappear |
| sie/Sie | verschwinden | they disappear |
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 | verschwand | I disappeared |
| du | verschwandest | you disappeared |
| er/sie/es | verschwand | he/she/it disappeared |
| wir | verschwanden | we disappeared |
| ihr | verschwandet | you (pl.) disappeared |
| sie/Sie | verschwanden | they disappeared |
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 verschwunden | I have disappeared |
| du | bist verschwunden | you have disappeared |
| er/sie/es | ist verschwunden | he/she/it has disappeared |
| wir | sind verschwunden | we have disappeared |
| ihr | seid verschwunden | you (pl.) have disappeared |
| sie/Sie | sind verschwunden | they have disappeared |
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 verschwunden | I had disappeared |
| du | warst verschwunden | you had disappeared |
| er/sie/es | war verschwunden | he/she/it had disappeared |
| wir | waren verschwunden | we had disappeared |
| ihr | wart verschwunden | you (pl.) had disappeared |
| sie/Sie | waren verschwunden | they had disappeared |
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 verschwinden | I will disappear |
| du | wirst verschwinden | you will disappear |
| er/sie/es | wird verschwinden | he/she/it will disappear |
| wir | werden verschwinden | we will disappear |
| ihr | werdet verschwinden | you (pl.) will disappear |
| sie/Sie | werden verschwinden | they will disappear |
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 verschwunden sein | I will have disappeared |
| du | wirst verschwunden sein | you will have disappeared |
| er/sie/es | wird verschwunden sein | he/she/it will have disappeared |
| wir | werden verschwunden sein | we will have disappeared |
| ihr | werdet verschwunden sein | you (pl.) will have disappeared |
| sie/Sie | werden verschwunden sein | they will have disappeared |
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 | verschwände |
| du | verschwändest |
| er/sie/es | verschwände |
| wir | verschwänden |
| ihr | verschwändet |
| sie/Sie | verschwänden |
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 | verschwinde |
| ihr | verschwindet |