Enden Conjugation in German

enden means “to end” in English, and it is one of the first verbs German learners meet — it sits at number 48 in VerbFlow’s frequency list for German verbs. You use it whenever you talk about ending at eight o'clock, and because it comes up in everyday conversation so often, learning its forms properly pays off from the very first week. This page gives you the complete conjugation of enden — every tense, every person, both participles and the infinitive — with notes, examples, common mistakes and a quiz. Here is the verb in a natural sentence: “Ich ende um acht Uhr jeden Tag.” — “I end at eight o'clock every day.”

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: enden
  • English: to end
  • Verb type: Regular
  • Irregular in: none — regular in every tense
  • Pattern: weak
  • Separable: no
  • Participle I: endend
  • Past participle (Partizip II): geendet
  • Auxiliary: haben (all perfect tenses are formed with haben + the past participle)

Pronunciation

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for enden, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Learn the spelling of the forms first, and listen to a native speaker for the sounds rather than trusting an invented transcription. The forms below are the ones that matter: once you can read enden in every tense, you can recognise it in speech even before you can pronounce every form perfectly.

Three things to remember about enden

  1. It is regular: every form follows the ordinary weak pattern, so once you know the stem you can build the whole table. The only work is learning the endings, not memorising exceptions.
  2. The perfect tenses use haben: the perfect is formed with haben in the present plus the past participle geendet. The tables on this page give the participle in the uninflected form, exactly as it appears in the verified dump; agreement with the subject is a separate step that depends on the sentence, not on the verb table.
  3. Partizip I is endend and Partizip II is geendet: keep both in mind as you read the tables, because Partizip I appears in adjectival uses and Partizip II appears in every perfect tense. If you know those two forms and the present tense, you already know the skeleton of the whole conjugation.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from VerbFlow’s verified conjugation tables for enden. Learn the present tense first, then the Perfekt and the preterite, and add the remaining tenses one at a time.

Present (Präsens)

Person Form
ich ende
du endest
er/sie/es endet
wir enden
ihr endet
sie/Sie enden

The present (Präsens) is used for habits, facts and things happening now. For example: “Ich ende mit einem Lied jeden Tag.” — “I end with a song every day.”

Preterite (Präteritum)

Person Form
ich endete
du endetest
er/sie/es endete
wir endeten
ihr endetet
sie/Sie endeten

The preterite (Präteritum) is used for completed actions in the past, mostly in written German and in stories. For example: “Du endetest mit einem Lied gestern.” — “You ended with a song yesterday.”

Perfect (Perfekt)

Person Form
ich habe geendet
du hast geendet
er/sie/es hat geendet
wir haben geendet
ihr habt geendet
sie/Sie haben geendet

The perfect (Perfekt) is used for completed actions in the past, especially in spoken German. For example: “Er hat mit einem Lied geendet gestern.” — “He has ended with a song yesterday.”

Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt)

Person Form
ich hatte geendet
du hattest geendet
er/sie/es hatte geendet
wir hatten geendet
ihr hattet geendet
sie/Sie hatten geendet

The pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) is used for an action completed before another past action. For example: “Wir hatten mit einem Lied geendet vor der Party.” — “We had ended with a song before the party.”

Future (Futur I)

Person Form
ich werde enden
du wirst enden
er/sie/es wird enden
wir werden enden
ihr werdet enden
sie/Sie werden enden

The future (Futur I) is used for what will happen, for predictions and for probability. For example: “Ich werde mit einem Lied enden morgen.” — “I will end with a song tomorrow.”

Future perfect (Futur II)

Person Form
ich werde geendet haben
du wirst geendet haben
er/sie/es wird geendet haben
wir werden geendet haben
ihr werdet geendet haben
sie/Sie werden geendet haben

The future perfect (Futur II) is used for what will have happened by a point in the future. For example: “Du wirst mit einem Lied geendet haben bis morgen.” — “You will have ended with a song by tomorrow.”

Konjunktiv I

Person Form
ich ende
du endest
er/sie/es ende
wir enden
ihr endet
sie/Sie enden

Konjunktiv I is used for reported speech and indirect quotation. For example: “Es ist wichtig, dass er ende mit einem Lied.” — “It is important that he end with a song.”

Konjunktiv II

Person Form
ich endete
du endetest
er/sie/es endete
wir endeten
ihr endetet
sie/Sie endeten

Konjunktiv II is used for wishes, hypothetical situations and polite requests. It doubles as the conditional: there is no separate würde tense in the tables, and the periphrastic alternative with würde plus the infinitive is a way of expressing the same meaning, not a tense of its own. For example: “Ich endete mit einem Lied eines Tages.” — “I would end with a song one day.”

Conditional perfect

Person Form
ich hätte geendet
du hättest geendet
er/sie/es hätte geendet
wir hätten geendet
ihr hättet geendet
sie/Sie hätten geendet

The conditional perfect is used for what would have happened in a different past. For example: “Er hätte mit einem Lied geendet gestern.” — “He would have ended with a song yesterday.”

Imperative

Person Form
du ende
wir enden
ihr endet
sie enden

The imperative is used for direct commands and instructions. For example: “Ende mit einem Lied!” — “End with a song!”

Present participle (Partizip I)

Form German
Present participle endend

The present participle (Partizip I) is used as an adjective and for describing an action in progress. For example, the participle endend describes something that is ending. The present-tense sentence “Ich ende um acht Uhr jeden Tag.” — “I end at eight o'clock every day.” shows the same verb in action.

Past participle (Partizip II)

Form German
Past participle geendet

The past participle (Partizip II) is used with an auxiliary to form the perfect tenses, and as an adjective. For example: “Ich habe um acht Uhr geendet gestern.” — “I have ended at eight o'clock yesterday.”

Infinitive

Form German
Infinitive enden

The infinitive is the dictionary form of the verb, used after modal verbs and in infinitive constructions. The infinitive enden is the form you look up in a dictionary. In a sentence it appears after a modal verb or with zu, and in the future it follows werden, as in “Ich werde um acht Uhr enden morgen.” — “I will end at eight o'clock tomorrow.”

Example sentences

Ten natural sentences with enden, covering different tenses and persons. Say each one aloud, then cover the German and try to produce it from the English.

  1. “Ich ende um acht Uhr jeden Tag.” — “I end at eight o'clock every day.”
  2. “Du endetest mit einem Lied gestern.” — “You ended with a song yesterday.”
  3. “Er hat pünktlich am Abend geendet gestern.” — “He has ended on time in the evening yesterday.”
  4. “Wir hatten um acht Uhr geendet vor der Party.” — “We had ended at eight o'clock before the party.”
  5. “Ich werde mit einem Lied enden morgen.” — “I will end with a song tomorrow.”
  6. “Du wirst pünktlich am Abend geendet haben bis morgen.” — “You will have ended on time in the evening by tomorrow.”
  7. “Es ist wichtig, dass er ende um acht Uhr.” — “It is important that he end at eight o'clock.”
  8. “Ich endete mit einem Lied eines Tages.” — “I would end with a song one day.”
  9. “Er hätte pünktlich am Abend geendet gestern.” — “He would have ended on time in the evening yesterday.”
  10. “Ende um acht Uhr!” — “End at eight o'clock!”

Common mistakes

1. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form

✗ Wrong: “Ich enden um acht Uhr.”

✓ Right: “Ich ende um acht Uhr.”

The infinitive enden never takes a subject. After ich you need the conjugated present form ende.

2. Using the wrong person’s form

✗ Wrong: “Ich enden um acht Uhr.”

✓ Right: “Ich ende um acht Uhr.”

enden is the sie form, not the ich form. Match the verb to the subject every time: ich goes with ende.

3. Using the present for a finished past action

✗ Wrong: “Ich ende um acht Uhr gestern.”

✓ Right: “Ich habe um acht Uhr geendet gestern.”

The time word gestern points to the past, so a finished action needs the Perfekt habe geendet, not the present.

4. Using the indicative after a subjunctive trigger

✗ Wrong: “Es ist wichtig, dass ich ende um acht Uhr.”

✓ Right: “Es ist wichtig, dass ich ende um acht Uhr.”

After es ist wichtig, dass German needs Konjunktiv I, so use ende here, not the indicative ende.

5. Using the wrong auxiliary in the Perfekt

✗ Wrong: “Ich bin geendet um acht Uhr.”

✓ Right: “habe geendet um acht Uhr.”

The Perfekt of enden is formed with haben plus the past participle geendet: the ich form is habe geendet. Check the auxiliary in the table above before you build a perfect tense.

6. Using the preterite for a daily habit

✗ Wrong: “Ich endete um acht Uhr jeden Tag.”

✓ Right: “Ich ende um acht Uhr jeden Tag.”

The preterite endete describes a past action. For something you do every day, use the present ende.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on enden. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.

  1. What is the ich form of enden in the Present (Präsens)?

    • A) ende
    • B) endest
    • C) endet
    • D) enden

  2. What is the du form of enden in the Preterite (Präteritum)?

    • A) endetest
    • B) endete
    • C) endeten
    • D) endetet

  3. What is the er/sie/es form of enden in the Perfect (Perfekt)?

    • A) habe geendet
    • B) hast geendet
    • C) haben geendet
    • D) hat geendet

  4. What is the wir form of enden in the Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt)?

    • A) hatten geendet
    • B) hatte geendet
    • C) hattest geendet
    • D) hattet geendet

  5. What is the du form of enden in the Future (Futur I)?

    • A) werden enden
    • B) wirst enden
    • C) werde enden
    • D) wird enden

  6. What is the ich form of enden in the Future perfect (Futur II)?

    • A) wirst geendet haben
    • B) wird geendet haben
    • C) werden geendet haben
    • D) werde geendet haben

  7. What is the er/sie/es form of enden in the Konjunktiv I?

    • A) ende
    • B) endest
    • C) enden
    • D) endet

  8. What is the ich form of enden in the Konjunktiv II?

    • A) endetest
    • B) endeten
    • C) endetet
    • D) endete

  9. What is the present participle (Partizip I) of enden?

    • A) schließend
    • B) laufend
    • C) endend
    • D) öffnend

  10. What does enden mean in English?

  • A) to close
  • B) to run
  • C) to end
  • D) to open

Answer key

  1. A) ende — the ich form of enden in the Present (Präsens) is ende. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  2. A) endetest — the du form of enden in the Preterite (Präteritum) is endetest. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  3. D) hat geendet — the er/sie/es form of enden in the Perfect (Perfekt) is hat geendet. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  4. A) hatten geendet — the wir form of enden in the Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) is hatten geendet. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  5. B) wirst enden — the du form of enden in the Future (Futur I) is wirst enden. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  6. D) werde geendet haben — the ich form of enden in the Future perfect (Futur II) is werde geendet haben. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  7. A) ende — the er/sie/es form of enden in the Konjunktiv I is ende. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  8. D) endete — the ich form of enden in the Konjunktiv II is endete. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  9. C) endend — the present participle (Partizip I) of enden is endend. The other options are the participles of neighbouring verbs.
  10. C) to end — enden means “to end” in English. The other options are the meanings of neighbouring verbs.

Frequently asked questions

What does enden mean in English?

enden means “to end”. It is a core everyday verb, so its present-tense forms are worth learning first.

Is enden regular or irregular?

enden is regular: it follows the ordinary weak pattern in every tense. Partizip I is endend and Partizip II is geendet.

What are the participles of enden?

Partizip I is endend — use it as an adjective. Partizip II is geendet — use it with haben for the perfect tenses, as in habe geendet.

Which auxiliary does enden take in the Perfekt?

enden takes haben in the Perfekt: the ich form is habe geendet. All four perfect tenses on this page are built with haben plus the past participle geendet.

How do I say “I end” in German?

Say “Ich ende um acht Uhr jeden Tag.” — “I end at eight o'clock every day.” The ich form of the present is ende, and it is the form you will use most often.

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