widmen — German conjugation
to dedicate, to devote
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 | widme | I dedicate |
| du | widmest | you dedicate |
| er/sie/es | widmet | he/she/it dedicates |
| wir | widmen | we dedicate |
| ihr | widmet | you (pl.) dedicate |
| sie/Sie | widmen | they dedicate |
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 | widmete | I dedicated |
| du | widmetest | you dedicated |
| er/sie/es | widmete | he/she/it dedicated |
| wir | widmeten | we dedicated |
| ihr | widmetet | you (pl.) dedicated |
| sie/Sie | widmeten | they dedicated |
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 | habe gewidmet | I have dedicated |
| du | hast gewidmet | you have dedicated |
| er/sie/es | hat gewidmet | he/she/it has dedicated |
| wir | haben gewidmet | we have dedicated |
| ihr | habt gewidmet | you (pl.) have dedicated |
| sie/Sie | haben gewidmet | they have dedicated |
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 | hatte gewidmet | I had dedicated |
| du | hattest gewidmet | you had dedicated |
| er/sie/es | hatte gewidmet | he/she/it had dedicated |
| wir | hatten gewidmet | we had dedicated |
| ihr | hattet gewidmet | you (pl.) had dedicated |
| sie/Sie | hatten gewidmet | they had dedicated |
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 widmen | I will dedicate |
| du | wirst widmen | you will dedicate |
| er/sie/es | wird widmen | he/she/it will dedicate |
| wir | werden widmen | we will dedicate |
| ihr | werdet widmen | you (pl.) will dedicate |
| sie/Sie | werden widmen | they will dedicate |
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 gewidmet haben | I will have dedicated |
| du | wirst gewidmet haben | you will have dedicated |
| er/sie/es | wird gewidmet haben | he/she/it will have dedicated |
| wir | werden gewidmet haben | we will have dedicated |
| ihr | werdet gewidmet haben | you (pl.) will have dedicated |
| sie/Sie | werden gewidmet haben | they will have dedicated |
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 | widmete |
| du | widmetest |
| er/sie/es | widmete |
| wir | widmeten |
| ihr | widmetet |
| sie/Sie | widmeten |
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 | widme |
| ihr | widmet |