verweigern — German conjugation
to refuse
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 | verweigere | I refuse |
| du | verweigerst | you refuse |
| er/sie/es | verweigert | he/she/it refuses |
| wir | verweigern | we refuse |
| ihr | verweigert | you (pl.) refuse |
| sie/Sie | verweigern | they refuse |
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 | verweigerte | I refused |
| du | verweigertest | you refused |
| er/sie/es | verweigerte | he/she/it refused |
| wir | verweigerten | we refused |
| ihr | verweigertet | you (pl.) refused |
| sie/Sie | verweigerten | they refused |
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 verweigert | I have refused |
| du | hast verweigert | you have refused |
| er/sie/es | hat verweigert | he/she/it has refused |
| wir | haben verweigert | we have refused |
| ihr | habt verweigert | you (pl.) have refused |
| sie/Sie | haben verweigert | they have refused |
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 verweigert | I had refused |
| du | hattest verweigert | you had refused |
| er/sie/es | hatte verweigert | he/she/it had refused |
| wir | hatten verweigert | we had refused |
| ihr | hattet verweigert | you (pl.) had refused |
| sie/Sie | hatten verweigert | they had refused |
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 verweigern | I will refuse |
| du | wirst verweigern | you will refuse |
| er/sie/es | wird verweigern | he/she/it will refuse |
| wir | werden verweigern | we will refuse |
| ihr | werdet verweigern | you (pl.) will refuse |
| sie/Sie | werden verweigern | they will refuse |
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 verweigert haben | I will have refused |
| du | wirst verweigert haben | you will have refused |
| er/sie/es | wird verweigert haben | he/she/it will have refused |
| wir | werden verweigert haben | we will have refused |
| ihr | werdet verweigert haben | you (pl.) will have refused |
| sie/Sie | werden verweigert haben | they will have refused |
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 | verweigerte |
| du | verweigertest |
| er/sie/es | verweigerte |
| wir | verweigerten |
| ihr | verweigertet |
| sie/Sie | verweigerten |
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 | verweigere |
| ihr | verweigert |