versehen — German conjugation
to provide
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 | versehe | I provide |
| du | versiehst | you provide |
| er/sie/es | versieht | he/she/it provides |
| wir | versehen | we provide |
| ihr | verseht | you (pl.) provide |
| sie/Sie | versehen | they provide |
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 | versah | I provided |
| du | versahst | you provided |
| er/sie/es | versah | he/she/it provided |
| wir | versahen | we provided |
| ihr | versaht | you (pl.) provided |
| sie/Sie | versahen | they provided |
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 versehen | I have provided |
| du | hast versehen | you have provided |
| er/sie/es | hat versehen | he/she/it has provided |
| wir | haben versehen | we have provided |
| ihr | habt versehen | you (pl.) have provided |
| sie/Sie | haben versehen | they have provided |
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 versehen | I had provided |
| du | hattest versehen | you had provided |
| er/sie/es | hatte versehen | he/she/it had provided |
| wir | hatten versehen | we had provided |
| ihr | hattet versehen | you (pl.) had provided |
| sie/Sie | hatten versehen | they had provided |
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 versehen | I will provide |
| du | wirst versehen | you will provide |
| er/sie/es | wird versehen | he/she/it will provide |
| wir | werden versehen | we will provide |
| ihr | werdet versehen | you (pl.) will provide |
| sie/Sie | werden versehen | they will provide |
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 versehen haben | I will have provided |
| du | wirst versehen haben | you will have provided |
| er/sie/es | wird versehen haben | he/she/it will have provided |
| wir | werden versehen haben | we will have provided |
| ihr | werdet versehen haben | you (pl.) will have provided |
| sie/Sie | werden versehen haben | they will have provided |
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 | versähe |
| du | versähest |
| er/sie/es | versähe |
| wir | versähen |
| ihr | versähet |
| sie/Sie | versähen |
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 | versieh |
| ihr | verseht |