verwenden — German conjugation
to use
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 | verwende | I use |
| du | verwendest | you use |
| er/sie/es | verwendet | he/she/it uses |
| wir | verwenden | we use |
| ihr | verwendet | you (pl.) use |
| sie/Sie | verwenden | they use |
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 | verwendete | I used |
| du | verwendetest | you used |
| er/sie/es | verwendete | he/she/it used |
| wir | verwendeten | we used |
| ihr | verwendetet | you (pl.) used |
| sie/Sie | verwendeten | they used |
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 verwendet | I have used |
| du | hast verwendet | you have used |
| er/sie/es | hat verwendet | he/she/it has used |
| wir | haben verwendet | we have used |
| ihr | habt verwendet | you (pl.) have used |
| sie/Sie | haben verwendet | they have used |
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 verwendet | I had used |
| du | hattest verwendet | you had used |
| er/sie/es | hatte verwendet | he/she/it had used |
| wir | hatten verwendet | we had used |
| ihr | hattet verwendet | you (pl.) had used |
| sie/Sie | hatten verwendet | they had used |
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 verwenden | I will use |
| du | wirst verwenden | you will use |
| er/sie/es | wird verwenden | he/she/it will use |
| wir | werden verwenden | we will use |
| ihr | werdet verwenden | you (pl.) will use |
| sie/Sie | werden verwenden | they will use |
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 verwendet haben | I will have used |
| du | wirst verwendet haben | you will have used |
| er/sie/es | wird verwendet haben | he/she/it will have used |
| wir | werden verwendet haben | we will have used |
| ihr | werdet verwendet haben | you (pl.) will have used |
| sie/Sie | werden verwendet haben | they will have used |
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 | verwendete |
| du | verwendetest |
| er/sie/es | verwendete |
| wir | verwendeten |
| ihr | verwendetet |
| sie/Sie | verwendeten |
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 | verwende |
| ihr | verwendet |