verwesen — German conjugation
to decay, to decompose
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 | verwese | I decay |
| du | verwest | you decay |
| er/sie/es | verwest | he/she/it decays |
| wir | verwesen | we decay |
| ihr | verwest | you (pl.) decay |
| sie/Sie | verwesen | they decay |
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 | verweste | I decayed |
| du | verwestest | you decayed |
| er/sie/es | verweste | he/she/it decayed |
| wir | verwesten | we decayed |
| ihr | verwestet | you (pl.) decayed |
| sie/Sie | verwesten | they decayed |
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 | bin verwest | I have decayed |
| du | bist verwest | you have decayed |
| er/sie/es | ist verwest | he/she/it has decayed |
| wir | sind verwest | we have decayed |
| ihr | seid verwest | you (pl.) have decayed |
| sie/Sie | sind verwest | they have decayed |
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 | war verwest | I had decayed |
| du | warst verwest | you had decayed |
| er/sie/es | war verwest | he/she/it had decayed |
| wir | waren verwest | we had decayed |
| ihr | wart verwest | you (pl.) had decayed |
| sie/Sie | waren verwest | they had decayed |
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 verwesen | I will decay |
| du | wirst verwesen | you will decay |
| er/sie/es | wird verwesen | he/she/it will decay |
| wir | werden verwesen | we will decay |
| ihr | werdet verwesen | you (pl.) will decay |
| sie/Sie | werden verwesen | they will decay |
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 verwest sein | I will have decayed |
| du | wirst verwest sein | you will have decayed |
| er/sie/es | wird verwest sein | he/she/it will have decayed |
| wir | werden verwest sein | we will have decayed |
| ihr | werdet verwest sein | you (pl.) will have decayed |
| sie/Sie | werden verwest sein | they will have decayed |
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 | verweste |
| du | verwestest |
| er/sie/es | verweste |
| wir | verwesten |
| ihr | verwestet |
| sie/Sie | verwesten |
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 | verwese |
| ihr | verwest |