versorgen — German conjugation
to look after
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 | versorge | I look after |
| du | versorgst | you look after |
| er/sie/es | versorgt | he/she/it looks after |
| wir | versorgen | we look after |
| ihr | versorgt | you (pl.) look after |
| sie/Sie | versorgen | they look after |
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 | versorgte | I looked after |
| du | versorgtest | you looked after |
| er/sie/es | versorgte | he/she/it looked after |
| wir | versorgten | we looked after |
| ihr | versorgtet | you (pl.) looked after |
| sie/Sie | versorgten | they looked after |
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 versorgt | I have looked after |
| du | hast versorgt | you have looked after |
| er/sie/es | hat versorgt | he/she/it has looked after |
| wir | haben versorgt | we have looked after |
| ihr | habt versorgt | you (pl.) have looked after |
| sie/Sie | haben versorgt | they have looked after |
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 versorgt | I had looked after |
| du | hattest versorgt | you had looked after |
| er/sie/es | hatte versorgt | he/she/it had looked after |
| wir | hatten versorgt | we had looked after |
| ihr | hattet versorgt | you (pl.) had looked after |
| sie/Sie | hatten versorgt | they had looked after |
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 versorgen | I will look after |
| du | wirst versorgen | you will look after |
| er/sie/es | wird versorgen | he/she/it will look after |
| wir | werden versorgen | we will look after |
| ihr | werdet versorgen | you (pl.) will look after |
| sie/Sie | werden versorgen | they will look after |
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 versorgt haben | I will have looked after |
| du | wirst versorgt haben | you will have looked after |
| er/sie/es | wird versorgt haben | he/she/it will have looked after |
| wir | werden versorgt haben | we will have looked after |
| ihr | werdet versorgt haben | you (pl.) will have looked after |
| sie/Sie | werden versorgt haben | they will have looked after |
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 | versorgte |
| du | versorgtest |
| er/sie/es | versorgte |
| wir | versorgten |
| ihr | versorgtet |
| sie/Sie | versorgten |
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 | versorge |
| ihr | versorgt |