werben — German conjugation
to advertise
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 | werbe | I advertise |
| du | wirbst | you advertise |
| er/sie/es | wirbt | he/she/it advertises |
| wir | werben | we advertise |
| ihr | werbt | you (pl.) advertise |
| sie/Sie | werben | they advertise |
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 | warb | I advertised |
| du | warbst | you advertised |
| er/sie/es | warb | he/she/it advertised |
| wir | warben | we advertised |
| ihr | warbt | you (pl.) advertised |
| sie/Sie | warben | they advertised |
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 geworben | I have advertised |
| du | hast geworben | you have advertised |
| er/sie/es | hat geworben | he/she/it has advertised |
| wir | haben geworben | we have advertised |
| ihr | habt geworben | you (pl.) have advertised |
| sie/Sie | haben geworben | they have advertised |
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 geworben | I had advertised |
| du | hattest geworben | you had advertised |
| er/sie/es | hatte geworben | he/she/it had advertised |
| wir | hatten geworben | we had advertised |
| ihr | hattet geworben | you (pl.) had advertised |
| sie/Sie | hatten geworben | they had advertised |
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 werben | I will advertise |
| du | wirst werben | you will advertise |
| er/sie/es | wird werben | he/she/it will advertise |
| wir | werden werben | we will advertise |
| ihr | werdet werben | you (pl.) will advertise |
| sie/Sie | werden werben | they will advertise |
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 geworben haben | I will have advertised |
| du | wirst geworben haben | you will have advertised |
| er/sie/es | wird geworben haben | he/she/it will have advertised |
| wir | werden geworben haben | we will have advertised |
| ihr | werdet geworben haben | you (pl.) will have advertised |
| sie/Sie | werden geworben haben | they will have advertised |
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 | würbe |
| du | würbest |
| er/sie/es | würbe |
| wir | würben |
| ihr | würbet |
| sie/Sie | würben |
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 | wirb |
| ihr | werbt |