zugeben — German conjugation

to admit

Frequency#741Irregular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichgebe zuI admit
dugibst zuyou admit
er/sie/esgibt zuhe/she/it admits
wirgeben zuwe admit
ihrgebt zuyou (pl.) admit
sie/Siegeben zuthey admit

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichgab zuI admitted
dugabst zuyou admitted
er/sie/esgab zuhe/she/it admitted
wirgaben zuwe admitted
ihrgabt zuyou (pl.) admitted
sie/Siegaben zuthey admitted

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe zugegebenI have admitted
duhast zugegebenyou have admitted
er/sie/eshat zugegebenhe/she/it has admitted
wirhaben zugegebenwe have admitted
ihrhabt zugegebenyou (pl.) have admitted
sie/Siehaben zugegebenthey have admitted

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte zugegebenI had admitted
duhattest zugegebenyou had admitted
er/sie/eshatte zugegebenhe/she/it had admitted
wirhatten zugegebenwe had admitted
ihrhattet zugegebenyou (pl.) had admitted
sie/Siehatten zugegebenthey had admitted

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde zugebenI will admit
duwirst zugebenyou will admit
er/sie/eswird zugebenhe/she/it will admit
wirwerden zugebenwe will admit
ihrwerdet zugebenyou (pl.) will admit
sie/Siewerden zugebenthey will admit

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde zugegeben habenI will have admitted
duwirst zugegeben habenyou will have admitted
er/sie/eswird zugegeben habenhe/she/it will have admitted
wirwerden zugegeben habenwe will have admitted
ihrwerdet zugegeben habenyou (pl.) will have admitted
sie/Siewerden zugegeben habenthey will have admitted

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?

PronounGerman
ichgäbe zu
dugäbest zu
er/sie/esgäbe zu
wirgäben zu
ihrgäbet zu
sie/Siegäben 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.

PronounGerman
dugib zu
ihrgebt zu