vertilgen — German conjugation

to eradicate

Frequency#2213Regular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichvertilgeI eradicate
duvertilgstyou eradicate
er/sie/esvertilgthe/she/it eradicates
wirvertilgenwe eradicate
ihrvertilgtyou (pl.) eradicate
sie/Sievertilgenthey eradicate

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichvertilgteI eradicated
duvertilgtestyou eradicated
er/sie/esvertilgtehe/she/it eradicated
wirvertilgtenwe eradicated
ihrvertilgtetyou (pl.) eradicated
sie/Sievertilgtenthey eradicated

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe vertilgtI have eradicated
duhast vertilgtyou have eradicated
er/sie/eshat vertilgthe/she/it has eradicated
wirhaben vertilgtwe have eradicated
ihrhabt vertilgtyou (pl.) have eradicated
sie/Siehaben vertilgtthey have eradicated

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte vertilgtI had eradicated
duhattest vertilgtyou had eradicated
er/sie/eshatte vertilgthe/she/it had eradicated
wirhatten vertilgtwe had eradicated
ihrhattet vertilgtyou (pl.) had eradicated
sie/Siehatten vertilgtthey had eradicated

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde vertilgenI will eradicate
duwirst vertilgenyou will eradicate
er/sie/eswird vertilgenhe/she/it will eradicate
wirwerden vertilgenwe will eradicate
ihrwerdet vertilgenyou (pl.) will eradicate
sie/Siewerden vertilgenthey will eradicate

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde vertilgt habenI will have eradicated
duwirst vertilgt habenyou will have eradicated
er/sie/eswird vertilgt habenhe/she/it will have eradicated
wirwerden vertilgt habenwe will have eradicated
ihrwerdet vertilgt habenyou (pl.) will have eradicated
sie/Siewerden vertilgt habenthey will have eradicated

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?

PronounGerman
ichvertilgte
duvertilgtest
er/sie/esvertilgte
wirvertilgten
ihrvertilgtet
sie/Sievertilgten

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.

PronounGerman
duvertilge
ihrvertilgt