German reference

bedienen

to serve, wait on; to operate (a machine)

Regular · 13 form tables

Includes indicative, subjunctive I and II, and imperative forms. Separable verbs retain their word order in each form.

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Indicative

Present

bedienen: Present
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI serve
duyou serve
er/sie/eshe/she/it serves
wirwe serve
ihryou (plural) serve
sie/Siethey serve; you (formal) serve

Simple past

bedienen: Simple past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI served
duyou served
er/sie/eshe/she/it served
wirwe served
ihryou (plural) served
sie/Siethey served; you (formal) served

Compound past

bedienen: Compound past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI served; I have served
duyou served; you have served
er/sie/eshe/she/it served; he/she/it has served
wirwe served; we have served
ihryou (plural) served; you (plural) have served
sie/Siethey served; they have served; you (formal) served; you (formal) have served

Past perfect

bedienen: Past perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI had served
duyou had served
er/sie/eshe/she/it had served
wirwe had served
ihryou (plural) had served
sie/Siethey had served; you (formal) had served

Future

bedienen: Future
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI will serve
duyou will serve
er/sie/eshe/she/it will serve
wirwe will serve
ihryou (plural) will serve
sie/Siethey will serve; you (formal) will serve

Future perfect

bedienen: Future perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI will have served
duyou will have served
er/sie/eshe/she/it will have served
wirwe will have served
ihryou (plural) will have served
sie/Siethey will have served; you (formal) will have served

Subjunctive

Subjunctive I

bedienen: Subjunctive I
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ich(that) I serve
du(that) you serve
er/sie/es(that) he/she/it serves
wir(that) we serve
ihr(that) you (plural) serve
sie/Sie(that) they serve; (that) you (formal) serve

Subjunctive II

bedienen: Subjunctive II
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI would serve
duyou would serve
er/sie/eshe/she/it would serve
wirwe would serve
ihryou (plural) would serve
sie/Siethey would serve; you (formal) would serve

Past subjunctive II

bedienen: Past subjunctive II
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI would have served
duyou would have served
er/sie/eshe/she/it would have served
wirwe would have served
ihryou (plural) would have served
sie/Siethey would have served; you (formal) would have served

Would form

bedienen: Would form
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ichI would serve
duyou would serve
er/sie/eshe/she/it would serve
wirwe would serve
ihryou (plural) would serve
sie/Siethey would serve; you (formal) would serve

Past subjunctive I

bedienen: Past subjunctive I
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ich(reportedly) I have served
du(reportedly) you have served
er/sie/es(reportedly) he/she/it has served
wir(reportedly) we have served
ihr(reportedly) you (plural) have served
sie/Sie(reportedly) they have served; (reportedly) you (formal) have served

Future subjunctive I

bedienen: Future subjunctive I
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ich(reportedly) I will serve
du(reportedly) you will serve
er/sie/es(reportedly) he/she/it will serve
wir(reportedly) we will serve
ihr(reportedly) you (plural) will serve
sie/Sie(reportedly) they will serve; (reportedly) you (formal) will serve

Imperative

Imperative

bedienen: Imperative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
duserve!
ihrserve! (plural)
sie/Sieserve! (formal)

Additional forms

Infinitive with zu
Present participle
Past participle
Past infinitive

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