versichern — German conjugation
to assure
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 | versichere | I assure |
| du | versicherst | you assure |
| er/sie/es | versichert | he/she/it assures |
| wir | versichern | we assure |
| ihr | versichert | you (pl.) assure |
| sie/Sie | versichern | they assure |
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 | versicherte | I assured |
| du | versichertest | you assured |
| er/sie/es | versicherte | he/she/it assured |
| wir | versicherten | we assured |
| ihr | versichertet | you (pl.) assured |
| sie/Sie | versicherten | they assured |
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 versichert | I have assured |
| du | hast versichert | you have assured |
| er/sie/es | hat versichert | he/she/it has assured |
| wir | haben versichert | we have assured |
| ihr | habt versichert | you (pl.) have assured |
| sie/Sie | haben versichert | they have assured |
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 versichert | I had assured |
| du | hattest versichert | you had assured |
| er/sie/es | hatte versichert | he/she/it had assured |
| wir | hatten versichert | we had assured |
| ihr | hattet versichert | you (pl.) had assured |
| sie/Sie | hatten versichert | they had assured |
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 versichern | I will assure |
| du | wirst versichern | you will assure |
| er/sie/es | wird versichern | he/she/it will assure |
| wir | werden versichern | we will assure |
| ihr | werdet versichern | you (pl.) will assure |
| sie/Sie | werden versichern | they will assure |
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 versichert haben | I will have assured |
| du | wirst versichert haben | you will have assured |
| er/sie/es | wird versichert haben | he/she/it will have assured |
| wir | werden versichert haben | we will have assured |
| ihr | werdet versichert haben | you (pl.) will have assured |
| sie/Sie | werden versichert haben | they will have assured |
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 | versicherte |
| du | versichertest |
| er/sie/es | versicherte |
| wir | versicherten |
| ihr | versichertet |
| sie/Sie | versicherten |
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 | versichere |
| ihr | versichert |