verzichten — German conjugation

to forgo

Frequency#690Regular

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
ichverzichteI forgo
duverzichtestyou forgo
er/sie/esverzichtethe/she/it forgoes
wirverzichtenwe forgo
ihrverzichtetyou (pl.) forgo
sie/Sieverzichtenthey forgo

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
ichverzichteteI forwent
duverzichtetestyou forwent
er/sie/esverzichtetehe/she/it forwent
wirverzichtetenwe forwent
ihrverzichtetetyou (pl.) forwent
sie/Sieverzichtetenthey forwent

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 verzichtetI have forgone
duhast verzichtetyou have forgone
er/sie/eshat verzichtethe/she/it has forgone
wirhaben verzichtetwe have forgone
ihrhabt verzichtetyou (pl.) have forgone
sie/Siehaben verzichtetthey have forgone

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 verzichtetI had forgone
duhattest verzichtetyou had forgone
er/sie/eshatte verzichtethe/she/it had forgone
wirhatten verzichtetwe had forgone
ihrhattet verzichtetyou (pl.) had forgone
sie/Siehatten verzichtetthey had forgone

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 verzichtenI will forgo
duwirst verzichtenyou will forgo
er/sie/eswird verzichtenhe/she/it will forgo
wirwerden verzichtenwe will forgo
ihrwerdet verzichtenyou (pl.) will forgo
sie/Siewerden verzichtenthey will forgo

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

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
ichverzichtete
duverzichtetest
er/sie/esverzichtete
wirverzichteten
ihrverzichtetet
sie/Sieverzichteten

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
duverzichte
ihrverzichtet