verwirren — German conjugation

to confuse

Frequency#387Regular

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
ichverwirreI confuse
duverwirrstyou confuse
er/sie/esverwirrthe/she/it confuses
wirverwirrenwe confuse
ihrverwirrtyou (pl.) confuse
sie/Sieverwirrenthey confuse

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
ichverwirrteI confused
duverwirrtestyou confused
er/sie/esverwirrtehe/she/it confused
wirverwirrtenwe confused
ihrverwirrtetyou (pl.) confused
sie/Sieverwirrtenthey confused

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 verwirrtI have confused
duhast verwirrtyou have confused
er/sie/eshat verwirrthe/she/it has confused
wirhaben verwirrtwe have confused
ihrhabt verwirrtyou (pl.) have confused
sie/Siehaben verwirrtthey have confused

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 verwirrtI had confused
duhattest verwirrtyou had confused
er/sie/eshatte verwirrthe/she/it had confused
wirhatten verwirrtwe had confused
ihrhattet verwirrtyou (pl.) had confused
sie/Siehatten verwirrtthey had confused

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 verwirrenI will confuse
duwirst verwirrenyou will confuse
er/sie/eswird verwirrenhe/she/it will confuse
wirwerden verwirrenwe will confuse
ihrwerdet verwirrenyou (pl.) will confuse
sie/Siewerden verwirrenthey will confuse

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 verwirrt habenI will have confused
duwirst verwirrt habenyou will have confused
er/sie/eswird verwirrt habenhe/she/it will have confused
wirwerden verwirrt habenwe will have confused
ihrwerdet verwirrt habenyou (pl.) will have confused
sie/Siewerden verwirrt habenthey will have confused

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
ichverwirrte
duverwirrtest
er/sie/esverwirrte
wirverwirrten
ihrverwirrtet
sie/Sieverwirrten

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
duverwirre
ihrverwirrt