zubinden — German conjugation
to tie
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 | binde zu | I tie |
| du | bindest zu | you tie |
| er/sie/es | bindet zu | he/she/it ties |
| wir | binden zu | we tie |
| ihr | bindet zu | you (pl.) tie |
| sie/Sie | binden zu | they tie |
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 | band zu | I tied |
| du | bandest zu | you tied |
| er/sie/es | band zu | he/she/it tied |
| wir | banden zu | we tied |
| ihr | bandet zu | you (pl.) tied |
| sie/Sie | banden zu | they tied |
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 zugebunden | I have tied |
| du | hast zugebunden | you have tied |
| er/sie/es | hat zugebunden | he/she/it has tied |
| wir | haben zugebunden | we have tied |
| ihr | habt zugebunden | you (pl.) have tied |
| sie/Sie | haben zugebunden | they have tied |
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 zugebunden | I had tied |
| du | hattest zugebunden | you had tied |
| er/sie/es | hatte zugebunden | he/she/it had tied |
| wir | hatten zugebunden | we had tied |
| ihr | hattet zugebunden | you (pl.) had tied |
| sie/Sie | hatten zugebunden | they had tied |
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 zubinden | I will tie |
| du | wirst zubinden | you will tie |
| er/sie/es | wird zubinden | he/she/it will tie |
| wir | werden zubinden | we will tie |
| ihr | werdet zubinden | you (pl.) will tie |
| sie/Sie | werden zubinden | they will tie |
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 zugebunden haben | I will have tied |
| du | wirst zugebunden haben | you will have tied |
| er/sie/es | wird zugebunden haben | he/she/it will have tied |
| wir | werden zugebunden haben | we will have tied |
| ihr | werdet zugebunden haben | you (pl.) will have tied |
| sie/Sie | werden zugebunden haben | they will have tied |
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 | bände zu |
| du | bändest zu |
| er/sie/es | bände zu |
| wir | bänden zu |
| ihr | bändet zu |
| sie/Sie | bänden zu |
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 | binde zu |
| ihr | bindet zu |